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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 20: Three-Dimensional Kinematics of a Rigid Body

"When a rigid body rotates about a fixed point, the distance r from the point to a particle P located on the body is the same for any position of the body. Thus, the path of motion for the particle lies on the surface of a sphere having a radius r and centered at the fixed point. Since motion along this path occurs only from a series of rotations made during a finite time interval we will first develop a familiarity with some of the properties of rotational displacements."

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