Kinematics:

This unit shall introduce you to the various types of particle and rigid body motions. The prerequisites for this are the concept of a particle, a rigid body, and the displacement of a particle. The fundamental knowledge of algebra co-ordinate geometry, differential, trigonometry and integral calculus is essential. The understanding of various types of motions, velocities and accelerations of particles and rigid bodies will be developed after the study of this unit.

Objectives

After studying of this unit, you should be able to

• know different types of linear particle motions, accelerations and velocities,
• recognize the simple harmonic motion,
• differentiate circular and curvilinear motion and projectile,
• know rigid body motions, and various methods to calculate velocity and acceleration in plane motion, and
• define a relative velocity of a body.