In this chapter you will learn to analyze the motion of mechanical systems such as the gear system shown. You may be asked, for example, to determine the angular velocity and angular acceleration of one gear, knowing the angular velocity and angular acceleration of another gear.
In this chapter, you will learn:
15.1
Introduction
15.2
Translation
15.3
Rotation about a Fixed Axis
15.4
Equations Defining the Rotation of a Rigid Body about a Fixed Axis
15.5
General Plane Motion
15.6
Absolute and Relative Velocity in Plane Motion
15.7
Instantaneous Center of Rotation in Plane Motion
15.8
Absolute and Relative Acceleration in Plane Motion
15.9
Analysis of Plane Motion in Terms of a Parameter
15.10
Rate of Change of a Vector with Respect to a Rotating Frame
15.11
Plane Motion of a Particle Relative to a Rotating Frame. Coriolis Acceleration
15.12
Motion about a Fixed Point
15.13
General Motion
15.14
Three-Dimensional Motion of a Particle Relative to a Rotating Frame. Coriolis Acceleration
