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CONTINUUM MECHANICS for ENGINEERS

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Example 4.2-1<br />

Let the motion of a body be given by Eq 4.2-6 in component <strong>for</strong>m as<br />

x 1 = X 1 + t 2 X 2<br />

x 2 = X 2 + t 2 X 1<br />

x 3 = X 3<br />

Determine<br />

(a) the path of the particle originally at X = (1,2,1) and<br />

(b) the velocity and acceleration components of the same particle when t =<br />

2 s.<br />

Solution<br />

(a) For the particle X = (1,2,1) the motion equations are<br />

x 1 = 1 + 2t 2 ; x 2 = 2 + t 2 ; x 3 = 1<br />

which upon elimination of the variable t gives x1 – 2x2 = –3 as well as x3 = 1<br />

so that the particle under consideration moves on a straight line path in the<br />

plane x3 = 1.<br />

(b) By Eqs 4.2-12 and 4.2-13 the velocity and acceleration fields are given in<br />

component <strong>for</strong>m, respectively, by<br />

v1 = 2tX2 a1 = 2X2 v2 = 2tX1 and a2 = 2X1 v3 = 0 a3 = 0<br />

so that <strong>for</strong> the particle X = (1,2,1) at t = 2<br />

v 1 = 8 a 1 = 4<br />

v 2 = 4 and a 2 = 2<br />

v 3 = 0 a 3 = 0<br />

Example 4.2-2<br />

Invert the motion equations of Example 4.2-1 to obtain X = χ –1 (x, t) and<br />

determine the velocity and acceleration components of the particle at x (1,0,1)<br />

when t = 2 s.<br />

Solution<br />

By inverting the motion equations directly we obtain<br />

X<br />

1<br />

2<br />

2<br />

x1−t x2<br />

x2−t x1<br />

= ; X<br />

4 2 = ; X 4 3 = x3<br />

1−t1−t

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