DYNAMICS OF RIGID BODIES (ENGG Assumption: NO ROTATION

408) Caution: Can be a bit unrealistic

FABITO 19-07226 TYPES OF MOTION
INTRODUCTION Rectilinear motion: position, velocity, and
Galileo Galilei - speed of a falling body is acceleration of a particle as it moves along a
independent of its weight. straight line.

Isaac Newton - formulation of the three
fundamental laws of motion and the law of
gravitational attraction.
APPLICATIONS OF DYNAMIC PRINCIPLE
 Structural form and designs of which
requires analysis of the motion to which it is
subjected.
 mechanical devices like pumps, motors,
movable tools, etc.
 motion and trajectories of the different
satellites
 Rapid technological
 Developments
→ Mechanics – Study of how bodies react to the
forces being acted upon them
Curvilinear motion: moves along a curved line in
two or three dimensions.
→ If the particle is confined to a specified path, its
motion is said to be constrained. If there are no
physical guides, the motion is said to be
unconstrained.
CHOICE OF COORDINATES
Rectangular Coordinates - x, y, z
Cylindrical Coordinates - r, ɵ, z
Spherical Coordinates - R, ɵ, ɸ

DYNAMICS
Kinematics - study of the geometry of motion.
Kinematics is used to relate displacement,
velocity, acceleration, and time without reference
to the cause of motion. Also called as Geometry of
motion or Calculus of motion
Kinetics - study of the relations existing between
the forces acting on a body, the mass of the body,
and the motion of the body. Kinetics is used to
predict the motion caused by given forces or vice
versa.

KINEMATICS
Particle is a body whose physical dimensions are so
small compared with the radius of curvature of its
path that we may treat the
motion of the particle as that of a point.
→ A body without size or shape that will be
assumed to occupy a single point in space.