CHAPTER-16

PLANAR KINEMATICS OF A
RIGID BODY
 PLANAR KINEMATICS OF A RIGID BODY
• Planar Rigid Body Motion

• Translation

• Rotation About a Fixed Axis

• General Plane Motion

• Velocity Analysis of a Rigid Body

• Relative Velocity Method

• Instantaneous Center Method

• Acceleration Analysis of a Rigid Body

 ROTATION ABOUT A FIXED AXIS

• When a body is rotating about a fixed axis, any point P

located in the body travels along a circular path.

Angular Motion:
• Since a point is without dimension, it has no angular
motion
• Only lines and bodies undergo angular motion
• Consider the body shown in the figure and the angular
motion of a radial line r.

Angular Position:
• At any instant, the angular position of r is defined by the
angle θ measured between a fixed reference line and r.

Angular Displacement:
• The change in angular position, which can be measured as
a differential dθ, is called the angular displacement.
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Angular Velocity:
• The time rate of change in the angular position is called
the angular velocity ω
• Its magnitude is:
ω = dθ / dt -----------------------------(1)
Angular Acceleration:
• The angular acceleration α measures the time rate of
change of the angular velocity.
• Its magnitude is:
α = dω / dt -------------------------------(2)
or α = d2θ / dt2 ------------------------------(3)
• The line of action of α is same as that for ω, however, its
sense of direction depends on whether ω is increasing or
decreasing with time.
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• By eliminating dt from equations (1) and (2), we get:

α dθ = ω dω ----------------------------(4)

• Similarity between the differential relations for angular motion and those
developed for rectilinear motion of a particle

Constant angular acceleration:

• If the angular acceleration of the body is constant, α = αc, then eq (1), (2) and (4)
when integrated, yield a set of formulas which relate the body’s angular velocity,
angular position and time. The results are:

ω = ω0 + αct -----------------------------------(5)
θ = θ0 + ω0t + (1/2) αct2 ----------------------(6)
ω2 = ω02 + 2 αc (θ – θ0 ) ------------------------(7)
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Motion of Point P:

• As the rigid body rotates, point P travels along a circular path of radius r
and center at point O.

Position:
• The position of P is defined by the position vector r, which extends from
O to P.
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Velocity:

• The velocity of P has a magnitude which can be

determined from the circular motion of P using its
polar coordinate components vr = r0 and vθ = rθ0
• Since r is constant, the radial component vr = 0,
so that v = vθ = rθ0
• Because ω = θ0, therefore:
v = ωr
• The direction of v is tangent to the circular path.
• Both the magnitude and direction of v can also be
found by using the cross product of w and r:

v=ωxr
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Acceleration:

• The acceleration of P can be expressed in terms of its

normal and tangential components
• Using at = dv /dt, an = v2 / ζ, noting that ζ = r, v = ω r,
and α = dω /dt, we have:
at = α r
an = ω2 r
• The tangential component of acceleration represents
the time rate of change in the velocity’s magnitude. If
the speed of P is increasing, then at acts in the same
direction as v; if the speed is decreasing, at acts in the
opposite direction of v; and if the speed is constant
at = 0
• The normal component of acceleration represents the
time rate of change in the velocity’s direction. The
direction of an is always towards O, the center of the
circular path
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Acceleration:

• Like the velocity, the acceleration of point P may be

expressed in terms of the vector cross product.

• Since dω/dt = α and dr/dt = v = ω x r, so the above

equation becomes:
a = α x r + ω x (ω x r )
• In terms of the components, a can be expressed as:
a = at + an
a = α x r – ω2 r
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Examples:
16.1, 16.2
Fundamental Problems:
F16.1, F16.3, F16.5
Practice Problems:
16.3, 16.5, 16.18, 16.21,
16.29, 16.30
EXAMPLE 16-1
A cord is wrapped around a wheel which is initially at rest as shown. If a
force is applied to the cord and gives it an acceleration a = (4t) m/s2, where ‘t’
is in seconds, determine as a function of time (a) the angular velocity of the
wheel (b) the angular position of the line OP in radians
Solution of Example 16-1
EXAMPLE 16-2
The motor shown in the photo is used to turn a wheel and attached blower contained
within the housing. The details of the design are shown in Fig. If the pulley A
connected to the motor begins to rotate from rest with a constant angular acceleration
of αA = 2 rad/s2, determine the magnitudes of the velocity and acceleration of point P
on the wheel, after the pulley A has turned two revolutions. Assume the transmission
belt does not slip on the pulley and wheel.
Solution of Example 16-2
PROBLEM 16-18
Gear A is in mesh with gear B as shown. If A starts from rest and has a
constant angular acceleration of αA = 2 rad/s2, determine the time needed for
B to attain an angular velocity of ωB = 50 rad/s
Solution of Problem 16-18
PROBLEM 16-30
If the operator initially drives the pedals at 20 rev/min, and then begins an angular
acceleration of 30 rev /min2, determine the angular velocity of the flywheel F when t =
3s. Note that the pedal arm is fixed connected to the chain wheel A, which in turn
drives the sheave B using the fixed connected clutch gear D. The belt wraps around the
sheave then drives the pulley E and fixed connected flywheel.
Solution of Problem 16-30
 PLANAR KINEMATICS OF A RIGID BODY
• Planar Rigid Body Motion

• Translation

• Rotation About a Fixed Axis

• General Plane Motion

• Velocity Analysis of a Rigid Body

• Relative Velocity Method

• Instantaneous Center Method

• Acceleration Analysis of a Rigid Body

 RELATIVE MOTION ANALYSIS: VELOCITY

• General plane motion consists of a combination of translation and rotation

• So it is often convenient to view these components separately using a relative-
motion analysis.
• Two set of coordinate axes will be used to do this
• The x, y coordinate system is fixed and will be used to measure the absolute
positions, velocities and accelerations of two points A and B on the body
• The origin of the x’, y’ coordinate system will be attached to the selected “base
point” A, which generally has a known motion
• The axes of this coordinate system are not fixed to the body, rather they will be
allowed to translate with respect to the fixed frame
 RELATIVE MOTION ANALYSIS: VELOCITY

POSITION:
• The position vector rA (above figure) specifies the location of the base point A,
whereas the relative position vector rB/A locates point B on the body with respect to
A.
• By vector addition, the position of B is then:
rB = rA + rB/A
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DISPLACEMENT:
• During an instant dt, points A and B undergo displacements drA and drB as shown.
• The entire body first translates by an amount drA so that A, the base point, moves to its final
position and B moves to B’.
• The body is then rotated by an amount dθ about A, so that B’ undergoes a relative displacement
drB/A and thus moves to its final position B.
• Since the body is rigid, rB/A has a fixed magnitude, and thus drB/A accounts only for a change in
the direction of rB/A
• Due to rotation about A the magnitude of the relative displacement is drB/A = rB/A dθ, and the
displacement of B is thus:
drB = drA + drB/A
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VELOCITY:
• To determine the relationship between the velocities of points A and B, it is necessary
to take the time derivative of position equation, i.e.
(drB / dt) = (drA /dt) + (drB/A /dt)
• Since (drB / dt) = vB, and (drA /dt) = vA,
• The magnitude of the third term is (rB/A dθ /dt) = rB/A θ0 = rB/A ω
• We therefore have:
vB = vA + vB/A
vB = vA + ω x rB/A
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Examples:
16.6, 16.7, 16.8, 16.9
Fundamental Problems:
F16.7. F16.9, F16.10
Practice Problems:
16.62, 16.68, 16.70, 16.73, 16.81
EXAMPLE 16-6
The link shown is guided by two blocks A and B which move in the
fixed slots. If the velocity of A is 2 m/s downward, determine the
velocity of B at the instant θ = 45º
Solution of Example 16-6