A vehicle has a weight of 23 kN and a center of gravity at G, moves up an inclined plane at an angle of 0= 5° at a constant acceleration. Power is developed at the rear wheels, whereas the front wheels are free to roll. If this rear wheel produces maximum force how far the vehicle is going to travel after 20 seconds starting from rest? Determine the maximum inclination angle, e that the vehicle can move. Neglect the mass of the wheels and take the coefficient of static friction and kinetic friction to be H: = 0.4 and uk = 0.2 respectively. 075m 09 m
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).
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