Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Dayal
Prof (Dr) B
Dayal
EQUATION OF MOTION
MATHEMATICAL FORMULATION OF THE EQUATION
ASSUME TANK AS A SOLID BODY AND MOVING ON
A SLOPE
LET THE ACCELERATION BE X
DRAWBAR RESISTANCE BE Rdr
RESOLVING ALL THE EXTERNAL FORCES ACTING
ON THE TANK TO ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS
PARALLEL TO THE SURFACE OF MOTION
P = R + G SIN + Rdr + Mx
(1)
N G COS = 0
WHERE M = MASS OF THE TANK = G/g
AS
R = fN = fG cos EQN (1) CAN BE WRITTEN
AS P = G (sin + f cos ) + Rdr + mx
EQUATION OF MOTION
MATHEMATICAL FORMULATION OF THE EQUATION
(CONTD)
SINCE
sin + f cos = fr WHERE fr IS THE TOTAL
SPECIFIC RESISTANCE
P = Gfr + Rdr + mx
x = (P - Gfr Rdr)/m
THIS EQUATION IS THE DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION
OF MOTION OF TANK CENTRE OF GRAVITY
IT CONTAINS THREE UNKNOWNS: x, P AND fr
IN CASE OF TANK MOTION WITHOUT DRAW BAR
RESISTANCE,
x = (P Gfr)/m
WITH TWO UNKNOWNS
Sc CONSTANT
0 = Iel/mrds2