ROTATION
277
PROBLEM
330. A
locomotive is
running
on a
straight
track at a
constant
speed
of
40
mi./hr.
The
diameter of
the
drivers is 6 ft. and
the radius
of the crank-
pin
circle is 15
in. What
is the
magnitude
and
the direction
of the
velocity
FIG. 315.
and
of
the acceleration
of the
parallel
rod,
relative to the
engine
frame,
when
the
rod is
in
the
position
shown
in
Fig.
315?
What is the
absolute
velocity
and
the absolute
acceleration
for the same
position?
133.
Rotation.
Rotation
of
a
rigid
body
is a
motion
such
that
one
line
in the
body
(or
body
extended)
remains
fixed
in
space
while
all
points
of
the
body
describe
circular
paths
having
centers
on
the
fixed line.
The fixed line is
called the axis
of
rotation and
the
plane
in
which
the mass-center of
the
body
moves
is called
the
plane
of
motion. The
point
of
intersection
of
the
axis
of
rotation
and the
plane
of
motion
is called the
center
of
rotation.
It will
be noted
that
any
line
parallel
to
the
plane
of motion
changes
direction.
The motion of
a
body having
rotation cannot
be
defined
or
described
by
stating
the linear
displacement, velocity,
and
acceleration
of
any
point
in the
body,
as was
the case for trans-
lation,
since
all
points
in the
body
do not have the
same
linear
mo-
tion.
However,
the
angular
displacements, velocities,
and
acceler-
ation,
respectively,
are the same for all
particles
in
the
body.
Hence
the
motion
of
a
rotating
rigid
body may
be described
by
the
angular
motion
of
any
point
in
the
body.
Thus
all the
equations
in
the
preceding
chapter
dealing
with
the
angular
motion of
a
point
moving
on
a circular
path,
in
which the radius
vector
is the
radius of
the
circle,
apply
to
the
motion of a
rotating
rigid body,
as well
as to
each
point
in
the
body.
The linear
displacement,
velocity,
and acceleration
of
any point
may
also be found
from
the
equations
in the
preceding
chapter,
that
deal
with
the linear
motion of
a
point moving
on a
circular
path.