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L26 : Kinetics of body

Translation:

In rigid body translation in plane motion, every line in a translating body remains parallel to its original position at all times. In rectilinear translations all points move in straight lines, whereas in curvilinear translation all points move on congruent curved paths.

Click below to see rectilinear translation.

Fig1

Click below to see curvilinear translation.

Fig2

For both the translations, and .

Therefore for translational body,