The document defines key concepts in particle dynamics including:
1. D'Alembert's principle which states that an imaginary inertia force acts opposite to motion to maintain dynamic equilibrium.
2. The principle of work and energy which relates the work done by a force to the change in kinetic energy of a particle.
3. The impulse-momentum principle which states that the impulse of a force is equal to the change in linear momentum of a particle.
4. Uniform rectilinear motion as motion along a straight line at constant velocity.