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PLANAR KINEMATICS OF

RIGID BODY
Dynamics of Rigid Body/Engineering Mechanics 2
PLANAR RIGID-BODY MOTION

Translation. This type of motion occurs when a line in the body


remains parallel to its original orientation throughout the
motion. When the paths of motion for any two points on the
body are parallel lines, the motion is called rectilinear
translation, shown in Fig. a. If the paths of motion are along
curved lines, the motion is called curvilinear translation, shown
in Fig. b.
PLANAR RIGID-BODY MOTION

Rotation about a fixed axis. When a


rigid body rotates about a fixed axis,
all the particles of the body, except
those which lie on the axis of
rotation, move along circular paths,
as show in Fig. c.
TRANSLATION

Position. The locations of points A and


B on the body are defined with
respect to fixed x, y reference frame
using position vectors rA and rB . The
translating x’, y’ coordinate system is
fixed in the body and has its origin at
A, hereafter referred to as the base
point. The position of B with respect to
A is denoted by the relative-position
vector rB/A(“r of B with respect to A”).
By vector addition,
TRANSLATION
TRANSLATION

The above two equations indicate that all points in a rigid body subjected to
either rectilinear or curvilinear translation move with the same velocity and
acceleration.
ROTATION ABOUT A FIXED AXIS
When a body rotates about a fixed axis, any point P
located in the body travels along a circular path. To
study this motion it is first necessary to discuss the
angular motion of the body about the axis.
Angular Motion. Since a point is without dimension, it
cannot have angular motion. Only lines or bodies
undergo angular motion. For example, consider the
body shown in Fig. a and the angular motion of a
radial line r located within the shaded plane.
Angular Position. At the instant shown, the angular
position of r is defined by the angle θ, measured from a
fixed reference line to r.
ROTATION ABOUT A FIXED AXIS
Angular Displacement. The change in the angular
position, which can be measured as a differential dθ, is
called the angular displacement.* This vector has a
magnitude of dθ, measured in degrees, radians, or
revolutions, where 1 rev = 2(Pi)rad. Since motion is
about a fixed axis, the direction of dθ is always along
this axis.
ROTATION ABOUT A FIXED AXIS

This vector has a magnitude which is often


measured in rad/s. It is expressed here in
scalar form since its direction is also along
the axis of rotation, show in Fig. a. When
indicating the angular motion in the
shaded plane, in Fig. b, we can refer to the
sense of rotation as clockwise or
counterclockwise. Here we have arbitrarily
chosen counterclockwise rotations as
positive.
ROTATION ABOUT A FIXED AXIS
ROTATION ABOUT A FIXED AXIS

By eliminating dt from the two formulas, we obtain a differential relation


between the angular acceleration, angular velocity, and angular
displacement, namely,
ROTATION ABOUT A FIXED AXIS
Constant Angular Acceleration. If the
angular acceleration of the body is
constant, A = Ac , then the previous
equations, when integrated, yield a set of
formulas which relate the body’s angular
velocity, angular position, and time. These
equations are similar to formulas used for
rectilinear motion. The results are
ROTATION ABOUT A FIXED AXIS
Motion of Point P. As the rigid body in Fig. c. rotates,
point P travels along a circular path of radius r with
center at point O. This path is contained within the
shaded plane shown in top view, Fig. d.
ROTATION ABOUT A FIXED AXIS
ROTATION ABOUT A FIXED AXIS
SAMPLE PROBLEM NO. 1
SAMPLE PROBLEM NO. 2
SAMPLE PROBLEM NO. 2 (FBD)
SAMPLE PROBLEM NO. 3

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