Module 3
Module 3
Module 3
RIGID BODY
Dynamics of Rigid Body/Engineering Mechanics 2
PLANAR RIGID-BODY MOTION
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