UNIVERSITY OF THE CORDILLERAS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE

MECH 2 - DYNAMICS OF RIGID BODIES

MODULE 2: APPLYING THE PRINCIPLES OF DYNAMICS

UNIT 1: UNIFORM RECTILINEAR MOTION

 UNIT LEARNING OUTCOMES
In this unit, here are the following desired learning outcomes:
✘ Express velocity as a function of time.
✘ Express position as a function of time.
✘ Express velocity as a function of position.

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 !! RECALL !!
THREE TYPES OF RECTILINEAR MOTION

Uniform Uniformly Rectilinear

Accelerated Movement with
Rectilinear Rectilinear non-uniform
Motion Motion acceleration

When an object When an object When an object travels

travels at a constant travels with at a irregular speed and
speed with zero constant acceleration it is known
as rectilinear
acceleration it is acceleration it is movement with non-
known as uniform known as uniformly uniform acceleration.
rectilinear motion. accelerated
rectilinear motion.

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 !! RECALL !!
VELOCITY ACCELERATION
𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 − 𝐼𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦 − 𝐼𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦
𝑉𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦 = 𝐴𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 =
𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑇𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑛 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑇𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑛

𝑑𝑆 𝑑𝑉
𝑉= 𝑎=
𝑑𝑡 𝑑𝑡

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 VELOCITY AS A FUNCTION OF TIME
𝑑𝑉 IF 𝑎 = 0 Where:
𝑎=
𝑑𝑡
𝑉𝑓 = 𝑉0 𝑎 = 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
𝑑𝑉 = 𝑎𝑑𝑡 𝑉𝑓 = 𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑉𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦
𝑉𝑓 𝑡 𝑉0 = 𝐼𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑉𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦
න 𝑑𝑉 = න 𝑎𝑑𝑡 𝑡 = 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑝𝑠𝑒𝑑/𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑛
𝑉0 0

𝑉𝑓 − 𝑉0 = 𝑎𝑡 − 𝑎(0)

𝑉𝑓 = 𝑉0 + 𝑎𝑡

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 POSITION AS A FUNCTION OF TIME
𝑑𝑠 IF 𝑎 = 0 Where:
𝑉=
𝑑𝑡
𝑆 = 𝑉0 𝑡 𝑎 = 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
𝑑𝑠 = 𝑉𝑑𝑡 𝑆 = 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡
𝑆 𝑉0 = 𝐼𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑉𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦
𝑆 𝑡 𝑉=
𝑡 𝑡 = 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑝𝑠𝑒𝑑/𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑛
න 𝑑𝑆 = න 𝑉𝑑𝑡
0 0

𝑆 𝑡 𝑡
න 𝑑𝑆 = න 𝑉0 𝑑𝑡 + න 𝑎𝑡𝑑𝑡
0 0 0

1
𝑆 = 𝑉0 𝑡 + 𝑎𝑡 2
2

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VELOCITY AS A FUNCTION OF POSITION
𝑑𝑠 𝑉𝑑𝑉 = 𝑎𝑑𝑆 Where:
𝑉=
𝑑𝑡
𝑉𝑓 𝑆
න 𝑉𝑑𝑉 = න 𝑎𝑑𝑆 𝑎 = 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
𝑑𝑆
𝑑𝑡 = 𝑉0 0 𝑆 = 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡
𝑉 𝑉𝑓 = 𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑉𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦
𝑑𝑉
𝑎= 𝑉𝑓2 − 𝑉02 𝑉0 = 𝐼𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑉𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦
𝑑𝑡 = 𝑎𝑆 − 𝑎 0 𝑡 = 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑝𝑠𝑒𝑑/𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑛
2
𝑑𝑉
𝑑𝑡 = 𝑉𝑓2 − 𝑉02 = 2𝑎𝑆
𝑎

𝑑𝑡 = 𝑑𝑡

𝑑𝑆 𝑑𝑉
=
𝑉 𝑎
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 Let’s review some concepts
!! RECALL !! !! KEEP IN MIND !!
FOR UNIFORM RECTILINEAR VELOCITY AS A FUNCTION OF TIME
MOTION
𝑉𝑓 = 𝑉0 + 𝑎𝑡
IF 𝑎 = 0 POSITION AS A FUNCTION OF TIME

𝑉𝑓 = 𝑉0 1
𝑆 = 𝑉0 𝑡 + 𝑎𝑡 2
2
𝑆 VELOCITY AS A FUNCTION OF POSITION
𝑉=
𝑡
𝑉𝑓2 − 𝑉02 = 2𝑎𝑆

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