Kinematics is defined as the geometry of motion.

  1. The entire mass of a physical object is considered to be concentrated at a single point. This leads to the idealization of a physical object as a particle with no size or shape, but finited mass.
  2. Forces and moments responsible for the motion, even though they exist, are not taken into consideration.

Rectilinear motion

Rectilinear motion is a straight-line motion. Rectilinear motion

  • Uniform linear motion
  • Non-uniform linear motion
    • Motion with constant acceleration
    • Motion with non-constant acceleration

Uniform linear motion

v &= v_c = \frac{dx}{dt} \\ \int_{x_0}^x dx &= \int_0^t v_c dt \\ x - x_0 &= v_ct \end{align}$$ Finally, $$x = x_0 +v_ct$$ when the object is moving along a straight line path with constan velocity. #### Non-uniform linear motion Linear motion but with non-zero acceleration ##### Motion with constant acceleration 1. Galileo's first equation of motion ($a = \frac{dv}{dt}$) $$a = \frac{dv}{dt} \rightarrow \int_{v_0}^v dv = \int_0^t a_cdt \Rightarrow v = v_0 + a_ct$$ 2. Galileo's second equation of motion ($v = \frac{dx}{dt}$) $$v = \frac{dx}{dt} \rightarrow \frac{dx}{dt} = v_0 + a_ct \rightarrow \int_{x_0}^x dx = \int_0^t (v_0 + a_ct) dt \Rightarrow x = x_0 + v_0t + \frac{1}{2} a_c t^2$$ 3. Galileo's thrid equation of motion (chain rule, $a = v \frac{dv}{dx}$) $$a_c = v \frac{dv}{dx} \rightarrow \int_{v_0}^v vdv = \int_{x_0}^x a_c dx \Rightarrow v^2 = v^2_0 + 2a_c(x - x_0)$$ ##### Rectilinear motion with Non-constant acceleration When performing integration, you can only have ==two variables== in the equation. 1. $a = a(t)$ $$a(t) = \frac{dv}{dt} \Rightarrow \int_{v_0}^v dv = \int_0^t a(t)dt$$ 2. $a = a(v)$ $$a(v) = \frac{dv}{dt} \Rightarrow \int_{v_0}^v \frac{dv}{a(v)} = \int_0^t dt$$ 3. $a = a(s)$ $$a(s) = \frac{dv}{dt} = \frac{dv}{ds} \frac{ds}{dt} = v \frac{dv}{ds} \Rightarrow \int_{v_0}^v vdv = \int_{s_0}^s a(s)ds$$ ### Motion of a particle along curved path A particle is moving along a curved path. $$\vec{v}_{avg} = \frac{\Delta \vec{r}}{\Delta t}, \quad \vec{v}_{inst} = \frac{d\vec{r}}{dt}$$ $$\vec{a}_{avg} = \frac{\Delta \vec{v}}{\Delta t}, \quad \vec{a}_{inst} = \frac{d \vec{v}}{dt}$$ #### Direction of velocity The direction of the instantaneous velocty is always ==tangential== to the path and points along the direction of the movement. $$\vec{v} = \lim_{\Delta t \to 0} \frac{\Delta \vec{r}}{\Delta t}$$ When $\Delta t$ approaches zero, the velocity vector is tangential to the path at the point. #### Direction of acceleration $$\vec{a} = \frac{d \vec{v}}{dt}$$ The acceleration would be non-zero, if the magnitude or direction may be changing. The acceleration is pointing towards the ==concave== portion of the path. $\vec{v}'-\vec{v}$ ### Cartesian system The position vector of the particle $$\vec{r} = x(t) \hat{i} + y(t) \hat{j}$$ $$\begin{align} \vec{v} &= \frac{d \vec{r}}{dt} = \frac{d}{dt} (x\hat{i} + y\hat{j}) \\ &= \left( \frac{dx}{dt} \hat{i} + x \frac{d \hat{i}}{dt}\right) + \left( \frac{dy}{dt} \hat{j} + y \frac{d \hat{j}}{dt}\right) \\ &= \frac{dx}{dt} \hat{i} + \frac{dy}{dt} \hat{j} \end{align}$$ $$\begin{align} \vec{v} &= \dot{x} \hat{i} + \dot{y} \hat{j} \\ \vec{a} &= \ddot{x} \hat{i} + \ddot{y} \hat{j} \end{align}$$ ### Tangent-Normal Coordinate system The unit vectors in this system are directed in the tangent and normal direction at any given point of the path. 1. $\hat{e_t}$ is a unit vector along the ==tangential== direction at a point on a curved path. 2. $\hat{e_n}$ is a unit vector along the ==normal== direction which always point towards the ==concave== direction of a curve or towards the center of the osculating circle. 3. $\hat{e_t}$ and $\hat{e_n}$ are always perpendicular to each other and $\hat{e_t}$ points in the direction of movement. The velocity of a particle along a curved path is always in the tangential direction. $$\vec{v} = v \hat{e}_t$$ The acceleration, $$\begin{align} \vec{a} &= \frac{d \vec{v}}{dt} = \frac{d}{dt} (v \hat{e}_t) \\ &= \hat{e}_t \frac{dv}{dt} + v \frac{d \hat{e}_t}{dt} \\ &= \dot{v} \hat{e}_t + v \frac{d \hat{e}_t}{dt} \end{align}$$ $\frac{d \hat{e_t}}{dt}$ 는 단위벡터 미분이지만, 방향이 계속 변하기 때문에 0은 아니다. $$\begin{align} \hat{e}_t &= \cos \theta \hat{i} + \sin \theta \hat{j} \\ \frac{d \hat{e}_t}{dt} &= \dot{\theta} (- \sin \theta \hat{i} + \cos \theta \hat{j}), \quad (\hat{k} \times \hat{i} = \hat{j} \ \text{and} \ \hat{k} \times \hat{j} = -\hat{i}) \\ \frac{d \hat{e}_t}{dt} &= \dot{\theta} \hat{k} \times (\cos \theta \hat{i} + \sin \theta \hat{j}) \\ \frac{d \hat{e}_t}{dt} &= (\dot{\theta} \hat{k}) \times \hat{e}_t, \quad (\hat{k} \times \hat{e}_t = \hat{e}_n) \end{align}$$ This shows that the derivative of a unit vector is the cross product of two vectors. 1. a vector pointing towards the positive $\hat{k}$ direction with magnitude $\dot{\theta}$ 2. the unit vector itself $\hat{e_t}$ $$\frac{d \theta}{dt} = \frac{d \theta}{ds} \frac{ds}{dt} = \frac{1}{\rho}v \Rightarrow \dot{\theta} = \frac{v}{\rho}$$ Finally, the acceleration is $$\vec{a} = \dot{v} \hat{e}_t + \frac{v^2}{\rho} \hat{e}_n$$ 급한 커브 $\iff$ $\rho$ 가 작다. 반지름이 작을수록 더 휜 것. 직선은 $\rho = \infty$ ### Polar Coordinate system Two variables are used to descriv a motion of a particle along a two dimensional path. 1. $\hat{e}_r$ is the unit vector that points radially outward in the direction of position vector. 2. $\hat{e}_{\theta}$ is the unit vector perpendicular to $\hat{e_r}$ and always points towards the direction of increasing $\theta$. 3. $\hat{e}_r, \hat{e}_{\theta} \ \text{and} \ \hat{k}$ form a righ-handed coordinate system and therefore, $\hat{e}_r \times \hat{e}_{\theta} = \hat{k}, \hat{k} \times \hat{e}_r = \hat{e}_{\theta} \ \text{and} \ \hat{k} \times \hat{e}_{\theta} = -\hat{e}_r$ The position vector $$\vec{r} = r \hat{e}_r$$ The velocity vector $$\begin{align} \vec{v} &= \frac{d \vec{r}}{dt} = \frac{d}{dt} (r \hat{e}_r) \\ &= r \frac{d \hat{e}_r}{dt} + \hat{e}_r \frac{dr}{dt}, \quad \left(\frac{d \hat{e}_r}{dt} = (\dot{\theta} \hat{k}) \times \dot{\theta} \hat{e}_{\theta} \right) \\ \vec{v} &= \dot{r} \hat{e}_r + r \dot{\theta} \hat{e}_{\theta} \end{align}$$ The acceleration vector $$\begin{align} \vec{a} &= \frac{d \vec{v}}{dt} = \frac{d}{dt} (\dot{r} \hat{e}_r + r \dot{\theta} \hat{e}_{\theta}) \\ &= \left[ \ddot{r} \hat{e}_r + \dot{r} \frac{d \hat{e}_r}{dt} \right] + \left[ r \dot{\theta} \frac{d \hat{e}_{\theta}}{dt} + r \hat{e}_{\theta} \frac{d \dot{\theta}}{dt} + \dot{\theta} \hat{e}_{\theta} \frac{dr}{dt}\right] \\ &= \ddot{r} \hat{e}_r + \dot{r} \dot{\theta} \hat{e}_{\theta} - r \dot{\theta}^2 \hat{e}_r + r \ddot{\theta} \hat{e}_{\theta} + \dot{r} \dot{\theta} \hat{e}_{\theta} \\ &= \ddot{r} \hat{e}_r + 2 \dot{r} \dot{\theta} \hat{e}_{\theta} - r \dot{\theta}^2 \hat{e}_r + r \ddot{\theta} \hat{e}_{\theta} \\ \vec{a}&= (\ddot{r} - r \dot{\theta}^2) \hat{e}_r + (2 \dot{r} \dot{\theta} + r \ddot{\theta}) \hat{e}_{\theta} \end{align}$$ Converting polar coordinates to cartesian coordinates $$\begin{align} \hat{e}_r &= \cos \theta \hat{i} + \sin \theta \hat{j} \\ \hat{e}_{\theta} &= -\sin \theta \hat{i} + \cos \theta \hat{j} \end{align}$$ ### Relative motion analysis $$\vec{r}_A = \vec{r}_B + \vec{r}_{A/B}$$ $\vec{r}_{A/B}$ is the position vector of $A$ with respect to $B$. $A/B$ = $B$ 에 대한 $A$ = $B$ 가 관측자. 순서 바뀌면 부호 뒤집힘. $$\begin{align} \vec{v}_{A/B} &= \vec{v}_A - \vec{v}_B \\ \vec{a}_{A/B} &= \vec{a}_A - \vec{a}_B \end{align}$$ The translating frame moves along with B as $B$ translates, but it does not change it's orientation. 측정 frame 이 고정 혹은 평행이동, 회전하면 위의 식들이 성립하지 않는다.