Rigid Body Kinematics

ES 10 Part III
Lecture 2

Rigid Body
a body that experiences no deformation
under any loading but can translate and rotate

Types of Planar (Rigid Body) Motion

Translation
Rotation
General Plane Motion

Translation
Each particle within the body moves
along parallel lines
Curvilinear Translation

Rectilinear Translation

Translation
Each particle within the body moves
along parallel lines

Fixed Axis Rotation

Each particle within the body moves
along concentric circles

Angular velocity
Angular
acceleration

Fixed Axis Rotation

Each particle within the body moves
along concentric circles

General Plane Motion

Combination of translation and
rotation

General Plane Motion

Combination of translation and rotation