(BQ) Part 2 book "Vector mechanics for engineers - Statics and dynamics" has contents: Kinematics of particles, kinetics of particles - Energy and momentum methods, systems of particles, plane motion of rigid bodies - Forces and accelerations, plane motion of rigid bodies - Forces and accelerations, mechanical vibrations,. and other contents. | Page 601 11/25/08 5:45:49 PM user-s173 /Volumes/204/MHDQ077/work%0/indd%0 11 C H A P T E R Kinematics of Particles 601 Page 602 11/26/08 Chapter 11 Kinematics of Particles 602 Introduction to Dynamics Position, Velocity, and Acceleration Determination of the Motion of a Particle Uniform Rectilinear Motion Uniformly Accelerated Rectilinear Motion Motion of Several Particles Graphical Solution of RectilinearMotion Problems Other Graphical Methods Position Vector, Velocity, and Acceleration Derivatives of Vector Functions Rectangular Components of Velocity and Acceleration Motion Relative to a Frame in Translation Tangential and Normal Components Radial and Transverse Components 8:35:52 PM user-s173 /Volumes/204/MHDQ077/work%0/indd%0 INTRODUCTION TO DYNAMICS Chapters 1 to 10 were devoted to statics, ., to the analysis of bodies at rest. We now begin the study of dynamics, the part of mechanics that deals with the analysis of bodies in motion. While the study of statics goes back to the time of the Greek philosophers, the first significant contribution to dynamics was made by Galileo (1564–1642). Galileo’s experiments on uniformly accelerated bodies led Newton (1642–1727) to formulate his fundamental laws of motion. Dynamics includes: 1. Kinematics, which is the study of the geometry of motion. Kinematics is used to relate displacement, velocity, acceleration, and time, without reference to the cause of the motion. 2. Kinetics, which is the study of the relation existing between the forces acting on a body, the mass of the body, and the motion of the body. Kinetics is used to predict the motion caused by given forces or to determine the forces required to produce a given motion. Chapters 11 to 14 are devoted to the dynamics of particles; in Chap. 11 the kinematics of particles will be considered. The use of the word
