Dynamics of Rigid Bodies in Plane Motion; Dynamic Force Analysis of Machines.

Module 1 : Dynamics of Rigid Bodies in Plane Motion; Dynamic Force Analysis of Machines

Lecture 1 : Dynamics of Rigid Bodies in Plane Motion; Dynamic Force Analysis of Machines.

	Introduction
	The main problems addressed in dynamics of machines can be summarized as:
	Determine forces required to generate given accelerations of a mechanism.
	Determine the acceleration and motion resulting from given forces on a mechanism.
	In both cases, internal joint reactions and frictional forces are also determined. We focus mainly on rigid body planar mechanisms.
	In the first lecture, we derive equations of motion for planar mechanisms with different types of joints.
	In the second and third lectures of this module, we use the above equations to solve the problems of determining forces, accelerations and motions in various types of mechanisms.