Kinematics of Particles in Engineering Mechanics
Kinematics of Particles in Engineering Mechanics
II SEMESTER
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Fthrust
Fdrag
Flift
Kinetics: study of the relations existing between the forces acting on a body,
the mass of the body, and the motion of the body. Kinetics is used to predict
the motion caused by given forces or to determine the forces required to
produce a given motion.
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Introduction
• Particle kinematics includes:
x 6t 2 t 3
dx
v 12t 3t 2
dt
dv d 2 x
a 12 6t
dt dt 2
• What are x, v, and a at t = 2 s ?
- at t = 2 s, x = 16 m, v = vmax = 12 m/s, a = 0
• Note that vmax occurs when a=0, and that the slope
of the velocity curve is zero at this point.
• What are x, v, and a at t = 4 s ?
a spring drag
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Acceleration as a function of
time, position, or velocity
If…. Kinematic relationship Integrate
v t
dv
a a t
dt
a (t ) dv a t dt
v0 0
dx dv
dt and a v x
v dt
a a x v dv a x dx
v0 x0
v dv a x dx
v t
dv dv
dt
a (v ) v a v 0 dt
a a v
0
x v
dv v dv
v a v dx
dx x0 v0
a v
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Problem
SOLUTION:
• Integrate twice to find v(t) and y(t).
Determine:
• velocity and elevation above ground at time
t,
• highest elevation reached by ball and
corresponding time, and
• time when ball will hit the ground and
corresponding velocity.
dv
a 9.81 m s 2
dt
v t t
dv 9.81 dt vt v0 9.81t
v0 0
m m
vt 10 9.81 2 t
s s
dy
v 10 9.81t
dt
y t t
dy 10 9.81t dt y t y0 10t 12 9.81t 2
y0 0
m m
y t 20 m 10 t 4.905 2 t 2
s s
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Problem
• Solve for t when velocity equals zero and evaluate
corresponding altitude.
m m
vt 10 9.81 2 t 0
s s
t 1.019 s
m m 2
y t 20 m 10 t 4.905 2 t
s s
m m
y 20 m 10 1.019 s 4.905 2 1.019 s 2
s s
y 25.1 m
m m
y t 20 m 10 t 4.905 2 t 2 0
s s
t 1.243 s meaningless
t 3.28 s
m m
vt 10 9.81 2 t
s s
m m
v3.28 s 10 9.81 2 3.28 s
s s
m
v 22.2
s
dv
v
dv
t
v t
a
dt
kv v v k 0 dt ln
v0
kt
0
vt v0 e kt
dx
v t v0e kt
dt
x t t
1
dx v0 dt
e kt
x t v0 e kt
0 0 k 0
xt
v0
k
1 e kt
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Problem
• Integrate a = v dv/dx = -kv to find v(x).
v x
dv
a v kv dv k dx dv k dx
dx v0 0
v v0 kx
v v0 kx
• Alternatively,
with xt
v0
k
1 e kt
vt
and vt v0 e kt or e kt
v0
v0 vt
then xt 1
k v0
v v0 kx
dx
v constant
dt
x t
dx v dt
x0 0
x x0 vt
x x0 vt
v t
dv
dt
a constant dv a dt
v0 0
v v0 at
x t
dx
dt
v0 at dx v0 at dt
x0 0
x x0 v0t 12 at 2
v x
dv
v a constant v dv a dx v 2 v02 2a x x0
dx v0 x0
aB A a B a A relative acceleration of B
with respect to A
aB a A aB A
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Problem
SOLUTION:
• Substitute initial position and velocity and
constant acceleration of ball into general
equations for uniformly accelerated
rectilinear motion.
m m
v B v0 at 18 9.81 2 t
s s
m m
y B y0 v0t 12 at 2 12 m 18 t 4.905 2 t 2
s s
m
vE 2
s
m
y E y0 v E t 5 m 2 t
s
y B E 12 18t 4.905t 2 5 2t 0
t 0.39 s meaningless
t 3.65 s
y E 5 23.65
y E 12.3 m
vB E 18 9.81t 2
16 9.813.65
m
v B E 19.81
s
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Motion of Several Particles:
Dependent Motion
• Position of a particle may depend on position of one or
more other particles.
dx A dx dx
2 2 B C 0 or 2v A 2v B vC 0
dt dt dt
dv dv dv
2 A 2 B C 0 or 2a A 2a B aC 0
dt dt dt
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Problem
SOLUTION:
• Define origin at upper horizontal surface with
positive displacement downward.
v 2A v A 02 2a A x A x A 0
2
in. in.
12 2a A 8 in. aA 9
s s2
v A v A 0 a At
in. in.
12 9 2t t 1.333 s
s s
x D x D 0 v D t
in.
x D x D 0 3 1.333 s 4 in.
s
• Block B motion is dependent on motions of collar A and
pulley D. Write motion relationship and solve for change
of block B position at time t.
x A x A 0 2x D x D 0 x B x B 0 0
8 in. 24 in. x B x B 0 0
x B x B 0 16 in.
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Problem
• Differentiate motion relation twice to develop equations
for velocity and acceleration of block B.
x A 2 x D x B constant
v A 2v D v B 0
a A 2a D a B 0
in. in.
9 2 vB 0 a B 9
s s2
• Consider a particle
which occupies position P defined by r at time t and P’
defined by r at t + Dt,
• Velocity vector,
dx dy dz
v i j k xi y j zk
dt dt dt
vx i v y j vz k
• Acceleration vector,
d 2 x d 2 y d 2 z
a 2 i 2 j 2 k xi y j zk
dt dt dt
ax i a y j az k
v x v x 0
v y v y gt
0
vz 0
x v x 0 t 0
y v y y 12 gt 2 z0
At t = 5 s
At t = 5 s
We can solve the problems geometrically, and apply the arctangent relationship:
Physically, a rider in car A would “see” car B travelling south and west.
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Tangential and Normal
Components
If we have an idea of the path of a vehicle, it is often convenient to
analyze the motion using tangential and normal components (sometimes
called path coordinates).
v v et
en v= vt et dv v2
et a e t en
dt r
x
• The tangential direction (et) is tangent to the path of the particle.
This velocity vector of a particle is in this direction
• et and et are tangential unit vectors for the particle
path at P and P’. When drawn with respect to the
same origin,
Det et et and
D is the angle between them.
dv v 2 dv v2
a et en at an
dt r dt r
• The plane containing tangential and normal unit
vectors is called the osculating plane.
et
en