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• Introduction
• Types of Rigid Body Planar Motion
o Translation
Rectilinear Translation
Curvilinear Translation
o Rotation about a fixed axis
o General plane motion
RMA: v method
IC method
RMA: a method
INTRODUCTION
𝑣𝐴
𝑟𝐴/𝐼𝐶 =
𝜔
Location of the IC
GIVEN: Figure
REQUIRED: vG, aG
Problem 3.12
At a given instant, the gear
has the angular motion
shown. Determine the
accelerations of points A and
B on the link and the link’s
angular acceleration at this
instant.
GIVEN: Figure
REQUIRED: aA, aB, αAB
Problem 3.13
The gear at A is subjected
to the angular motion
shown. Determine the
angular velocity and
angular acceleration of
link CD at this instant.
GIVEN: Figure
REQUIRED: ωCD, αCD
References:
• Beer, F. P. and E. Johnston. 1996.
Vector Mechanics for
Engineers: Dynamics. 6th
ed. New York: McGraw-Hill.
• Hibbeler, R. C. 2010. Engineering
Mechanics: Dynamics. 12th
ed. New Jersey: Prentice-
Hall.
• Meriam, J. L. and L. G. Kraige.
1986. Engineering
Mechanics. Canada: Wiley
and Sons.