Rigid Body
A rigid body is an object which does not change its shape or undergo any significant deformation due to an external force or movement. Mathematically speaking, the distance between any two points inside the body doesn't change in any situation.
Rigid Body Dynamics
Rigid bodies are defined as inelastic shapes with negligible deformation, giving them an unchanging center of mass. It is also generally assumed that the mass of a rigid body is uniformly distributed. This property of rigid bodies comes in handy when we deal with concepts like momentum, angular momentum, force and torque. The study of these properties – viz., force, torque, momentum, and angular momentum – of a rigid body, is collectively known as rigid body dynamics (RBD).
The uniform rectangular block shown is moving along a frictionless surface with a velocity v1 when it strikes a small obstruction at B . Assuming that the impact between corner And obstruction B is perfectly plastic, determine the magnitude of the velocity v1 for which the maximum angle 0 through which the block will rotate will be 30°.
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