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Engineering Mechanics: Statics & Dynamics

by R. C. Hibbeler
Tenth Edition, 4th Edition, Pearson Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ 2004

Author's Homepage: R. C. Hibbeler

Chapter 17: Planar Kinematics of a Rigid Body: Force and Acceleration

"Since a body has a definite size and shape, an applied non-concurrent force system may cause the body to both translate and to rotate. The translational aspects of the motion were studies in Chapter 13 and are governed by the equation F = ma. It will be shown in Sec. 17.2 that the rotational aspects, caused by a moment M, are governed by an equation of the form M= I alp. The symbol I in this equation is termed the moment of inertia. By comparison, the moment of inertia is a measure of the resistance of a body to angular acceleration (M = I alp) in the same way that mass is a measure of the body�s resistance to acceleration (F = ma)."

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