Engineering Mechanics
Engineering Mechanics. Instructor: Professor Manoj K Harbola, Department of Physics, IIT Kanpur. In this course, we would be studying mechanical interaction between different bodies when they interact through the forces applied on each other. Topics covered in this course include Review of Newton's laws of motion and vector algebra; Equilibrium of bodies; Plane trusses; Friction; Properties of plane surfaces; Method of virtual work; Motion of particles; Momentum; Work and energy; Rotational kinematics and dynamics; Simple harmonic oscillator; and Motion in non-inertial frames. (from nptel.ac.in)
Lecture 43 - Description of Motion in Cylindrical and Spherical Coordinate Systems |
Discussion in the previous two lecture was restricted to describing motion is a plane using planar polar coordinates. In this lecture we generalize the description to three dimensions and introduce two new coordinate systems, namely the cylindrical and spherical coordinate systems. These two new coordinates systems build on what we already learnt about polar coordinates.
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