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What do you understand by mechanical equilibrium of a rigid body?
Asked by Topperlearning User | 11 Aug, 2014, 15:32: PM
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For mechanical equilibrium of a rigid body, two conditions need to be satisfied:

1. Translational equilibrium: The net external force or the vector sum of all the external forces acting on the body must be zero.i.e 

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2.Rotational equilibrium :The net external torque or the vector sum of all the torques acting on the body is zero.

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