Lecture 13: Plane Kinematics of Rigid Body

Relative Motion

Syed Ahsan Masud Zaidi

Ahsan_Zaidi@uet.edu.pk
Department of Mechatronics and Control Engineering
University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore
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 Absolute Motion
▪In This approach we make use of the geometric relations
which define the configuration of the body involved and
then proceed to take the time derivatives of the defining
geometric relations to obtain velocities and accelerations.

▪The absolute motion approach to rigid body kinematics is

quite straightforward, provided the configuration lends
itself to a geometric description which is not overly
complex.

▪If the geometric configuration is complex, analysis by the

principles of relative motion may be preferable.
Plane Motion
Sample Problem 5/4
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Problem 5/28
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 Relative Velocity
▪ Let point B be arbitrarily chosen as reference.
▪ The motion of the rigid body is shown by the motion of
the line AB to A’B’
▪ The motion can be visualized by two steps.
1. Motion form AB to A’’B’ (Translation ∆rB)
2. Motion form A’’B’ to A’B’ (Rotation about B’ (∆θ) )
Relative Velocity
Relative Velocity
Sample Problem 5/7
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Sample Problem 5/8
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Sample Problem 5/9
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Sample Problem 5/10
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▪Engineering Mechanics , Dynamics
Sixth Edition
By J.L. Meriam , L.G. Kraige
Chapter # 5: Plane kinematics of Rigid Bodies

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 Thank you
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