........ | OVERVIEW Chapter 16 - Constrained Motion of a Rigid Body |
For some problems involving rigid bodies, we can find a kinematic relationship between the angular acceleration, α, and the linear acceleration of a point on the body, aP. | |
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Centroidal rotation A wheel rolling about its mass center without slip | |
The kinematic relationship between the linear acceleration of the mass center and the angular acceleration of the body is: aG = αr The linear acceleration of any other point on the body can be calculated:aP = aG + aP/G = aG + [α x rP/G] + [ω x (ω x rP/G)] Also note that the frictional force at the floor will have to be static friction:fs <= μsN | |
For a wheel rolling with slip there is no relationship between α and aG. However, the frictional force at the floor will have to be kinetic friction: fk = μkN | |
Noncentroidal rotation A wheel rolling about a point not its mass center without slip If the geometric center, 0, is not the center of gravity, then it will have this kinematic relationship: aO = αr And:aG = aO + aG/O = aO + aG/Ot + aG/On = aO + [α x rG/O ] + [ω x (ω x rG/O )] | |
A rigid body in pure translation If there is no rotation of the body about its mass center, then α = 0 | |
A rigid body in pure rotation If there is no translation of the body, then a = 0 |