Engineering Mechanics: Unit V: Dynamics of Particles

Introduction to Curvilinear Motion

Dynamics of Particles

The motion of a particle is said to be curvilinear when it moves along a curved path. Curvilinear motion can be either in two or three dimensions.

CURVILINEAR MOTION

Introduction to Curvilinear Motion

• The motion of a particle is said to be curvilinear when it moves along a curved path. Curvilinear motion can be either in two or three dimensions. We will be limiting our discussions only to the two dimensional curvilinear motion.

• This motion can be analyzed using rectangular components, normal and tangential components or radial and transverse components.

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