PART 3. PLANAR KINETICS OF RIGID BODIES

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Textbook Chapter 4.1 thru 4.6 (Lectures 18-23)

 

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18

Introduction to rigid body motion in a plane. Concept of rigid body. Rotation about a fixed axis and angular velocity vector. Vectors expressed relative to fixed coordinate system (X, Y) and coordinate system (x, y) attached to rigid body. Transformation of coordinates. Time derivatives of unit vectors in rotating coordinate system (x, y). Derivation of velocity and acceleration vectors in two coordinate systems. Derivation of equations for velocity and acceleration vectors for two material points in rigid body. Geometrical interpretation of vector terms forming velocity and acceleration vectors. Example of application to pulley system.

4.1, 4.2, 4.12

19

Rolling without slipping. Physical description of motion for wheels and gears. Fundamental constraint: geometrical development and visual demo. Derivation of equations for velocity and acceleration of material points in a rolling wheel: geometric-differential approach and vector analysis approach. Examples or rolling inside and outside of curved surfaces.

4.9, 4.10, 4.11, 4.14

 

20 and 21

Planar kinematics of mechanisms: geometric-differential approach and vector analysis to determine velocity and acceleration of desired material points. Identifying constraints and DOF in linkage problems.

4.21, 4.22, 4.31, 4.32

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Examples of mechanisms: three-bar mechanism, slider-crank mechanism, etc. Examples using polar coordinates for vector and acceleration definitions

4.23, 4.17, 4.37

 

4.33, 4.35, 4.28

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Get all: Lectures 18-23

 

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