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DYNAMICS OF RIGID BODIES

Dynamics is the branch of mechanics dealing with the study of particles or bodies in motion.

It is divided into two branches, kinematics and kinetics.

Kinematics vs Kinetics

Kinematics is the geometry of motion of a particle or a body considering relations between


displacement, velocity and acceleration.

Kinetics is the branch of mechanics that relates the force acting on a body to its mass and acceleration.

Particle vs Body

The particle refers to an object of point size.

The body refers to a system of particles which form an object of appreciable size.

Newton’s Laws of Motion

A particle acted upon by a balanced force system has no acceleration.

A particle acted upon by an unbalanced forced system has an acceleration in line with and directly
proportional to the resultant of the force system.

Action and reaction forces between two particles are always equal and oppositely directed.

Transmissibility of Vectors

The forces act at different points on a rigid body but have the same magnitude, direction, and line of
action.

Types of Motion

Translation

Centroidal Rotation

Plane Motion (combined translation and centroidal rotation)


Translation

If the resultant force, R, passes through the center of gravity, G, the body will be in pure translation.

Centroidal Rotation

If the resultant force does not pass thru a stationary center of gravity, G, the body will spin at G in pure
centroidal rotation.

Plane Motion

If the resultant force does not pass through the center of gravity, G, of a moving body, the motion will
be a combination of translational and centroidal rotation, called plane motion.

D’Alembert’s Principle

The resultant of the external forces applied to a body composed of a system of particles is equivalent to
the vector summation of the effective forces acting on all particles.
𝑊
Σ𝐹 = 𝑅 = 𝑚𝑎 = 𝑎
𝑔

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