CURVILINEAR MOTION

OF PARTICLES

When a particle moves along a curve other than a straight line, we say
that the particle is in curvilinear motion.
RECTANGULAR COMPONENTS
OF
VELOCITY
When the positionAND
of a particle P is defined at any instant by its
rectangular coordinates x, y, and z, it is convenient to resolve the velocity
ACCELERATION
v and the acceleration a of the particle into rectangular components.
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x
vxiyjzk
r
y
j
z
k
Resolving the position
components, we write

obtain
vector r of the particle

acceleration are
of
into

Where the coordinates x, y, z are functions of t. Differentiating twice, we

the
rectangular

Where , , and , , z represent,

respectively, the first and

velocity
second
derivatives of x, y, and z with respect to t. it
follows above expressions that the scalar
components and
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x
x
t
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Velocity Components in Projectile Motion