Engineering Mechanics

Dynamics
First year

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 Dynamics

Kinematics of Kinetics of a
a Rigid body Rigid body

Rotational General plane Force and Work and Impulse and

motion motion Acceleration Energy Momentum

Translation Rotation GPM

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 Chapter three
Plane Kinetics of a Rigid body
Sheet five (part 1 ): Kinetics of Translation motion

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 1.Translation Motion

Rectilinear motion curvilinear motion

Every line segment on the body remains parallel to its original

direction during the motion
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 Translation

Rectilinear Curvilinear

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 =0
G

= maG (d)
A

(maG)
d
A B

Free body diagram Kinetic diagram

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 Front Wheel drive Rear Wheel drive Four Wheel drive

w Fr = N f μ k Fr = N r μ k w Fr = N r μ k w Fr = N f μ k

Nr Nf Nr Nf Nr Nf

Nr = Normal reaction on rear wheel Nf = Normal reaction on front wheel

Fr = Friction Force μk = Coefficient of kinetic friction

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Example 1
Knowing that the coefficient of static friction between the
tires and the road is 0.80 for the automobile, determine the
maximum possible acceleration on a level road, assuming (a) 20 in.
four-wheel drive, (b) rear-wheel drive, (c) front-wheel drive.

60 in. 40 in.

FA= Nr μk FB= Nf μk
w

NA NB

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 20
FA= NA μk
w
60 40
NA NB

=0 (40)NB - (60)NA + (20)NA 0.80 = 0

G
 20
FB= NB μk
w
60 40
NA NB

=0 - (60)NA + (40)NB + (20)NB 0.80 = 0

G
Example 2

NA 2NB

(maG)

0.4 + 0.8=1.2
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Example 3

WCrate

(maG)

NA NB
Wforklift

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Example 4

t t t

t TA TA cos (30)
TB
TB cos (30)
TA sin (30) TB sin (30)
“a = 𝑉 2 /𝑟 = 0 ( immediately after rope
n
n
n n Cf has been cut = starts from rest v=0 )” 120
G
30
= 0 - TA cos(30)(0.15) + TA sin(30)(0.12) + (40) TB cos(30)(0.15) w
G t
- TB sin(30)(0.15) = 0
150

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