Class notes Mechanical Engineering ( BMCG1213) Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics eBook, SI Edition, ISBN: 9781292088785

, CURVILINEAR MOTION:
GENERAL & RECTANGULAR COMPONENTS
Today’s Objectives:
Students will be able to:
1. Describe the motion of a
particle traveling along a
In-Class Activities:
curved path.
2. Relate kinematic • Check Homework
quantities in terms of the • Reading Quiz
rectangular components • Applications
of the vectors.
• General Curvilinear Motion
• Rectangular Components
of Kinematic Vectors
• Concept Quiz
• Group Problem Solving
• Attention Quiz

Mechanics for Engineers: Dynamics, 13th SI Edition © Pearson Education South Asia Pte Ltd
R. C. Hibbeler and Kai Beng Yap 2013. All rights reserved.

, READING QUIZ
1. In curvilinear motion, the direction of the instantaneous
velocity is always
A) tangent to the hodograph.
B) perpendicular to the hodograph.
C) tangent to the path.
D) perpendicular to the path.



2. In curvilinear motion, the direction of the instantaneous
acceleration is always
A) tangent to the hodograph.
B) perpendicular to the hodograph.
C) tangent to the path.
D) perpendicular to the path.


Mechanics for Engineers: Dynamics, 13th SI Edition © Pearson Education South Asia Pte Ltd
R. C. Hibbeler and Kai Beng Yap 2013. All rights reserved.