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Engineering Mechancis: Statics and Dynamics

by Anthony Bedford and Wallace Fowler
Fourth Edition, Pearson Prentice Hall, Upper Saddele River, NJ 2005

Authors' Homepages: Anthony Bedford Wallace Fowler

Chapter 17: Planar Kinematics of Rigid Bodies

"If the external forces acting on an object are known, Newton's second law can be used to determine the motion of the object's center of mass without considering any angular motion of the object about its center of mass. In many situation, however, angular motion must also be considered. The rotational motions of some objects are central to their functions, as in the cases of gears, wheels, generators, and turbines. In this chapter we analyze motions of objects, including their rotational motions."

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