Problem 1: The angular velocity of a rotating body about an axis of rotation is

given by

Find the linear velocity of a point P on the body

whose position relative to a point on the axis of rotation is

Solution: Given,
Angular velocity,

Position vector,

Linear velocity,
Now,
|

| =

( ) ( )+

( )

| |=
=

Answer:

& .



















Problem 2:
A rigid body is spinning with an angular velocity of radians per second about an axis parallel
to

passing through the point

. Find the velocity of the point whose

position vector is

.

Solution:
Magnitude of angular velocity ||

Now,

()

Now,

)

Position vector,
(

) (

Now,

|

|
(

)



Answer:
(

)




Problem 3: A rigid body is spining about the fixed point (3,-1,-2) with angular
velocity 5 rad/s the axis of rotation being in the direction of (2,1,-2) .Show that
the velocities of the particles of the points (4,1,0) and (3,2,1) are 5(2,2,1) and
5(3,-2,2) respectively .
Solution: Given,
magnitude of angular velocity ||

)
The position vector is (

) (

Now , Linear velocity,
|

|
(

)
The position vector of the point (3,2,1) relative to the fixed point is,
(

) (

|

(

)
Answer: (

) (

)

Problem 4:
A rigid body is spinning with angular velocity rad/s about an axis parallel to passing
through the point

. Find the velocity of the point with position vector

.

Solution:
Let be the angular velocity of a rigid body about an axis.
||

The unit vector of an axis parallel to is,

()

The angular velocity in the direction of the unit vector is,
(

)

The position vector relative to the fixed point is,
(

) (

Therefore velocity is,

|

)



Answer:

)



Problem 5: A rigid body is rotating with an angular velocity

radian per
second about an axis which passes through a point (1,3,2) having direction
cosine perpendicular to (3,2,7) Find the linear velocity of the point (9,11,-7) of
the body.
Solution:
Given that, magnitude of angular velocity || =

The Position vector,

We know,
The velocity is,

|
=

).
Answer:

).














Problem 6:
A rigid body is spinning with a speed of rpm about an axis through ( ). If the direction
cosines of the axis of rotation are proportional to ( ), find the linear velocity of the
particle at ( ) of the rigid body.

Solution:
Let be the angular velocity of a rigid body about an axis.
|| rpm rad/sec

The unit vector in the direction of the cosine is

The angular velocity in the direction of the unit vector

)

The position vector relative to the point ( ) is
(

) (

)


Now, velocity

)



Answer:

)
sss


Problem 7: Find the torque about the point

of a force

acting through the point

.
Solution:
We have,

Distance between the points A and B,
(

) (

We know that, torque |

Now, || ()

()

()

Which is our required answer.













Problem 8: Find the torque about the point

of a force represented by

acting through the

point

.
Solution:
We have,

Distance between the points A and B,
(

) (

We know that, torque |

Now, || ()

()

()

Which is our required answer.













Problem 13: Given the force

acting at the point A (1, -2, 1), find

i. The torque of

about the point B (2, 0, -2).

ii. The moment of

about the line through B which is equally inclined to the axis.

Solution:
= -
= (

) (

)
=

i. Torque =

x
=

=[

]
=[ ( ) ( )

( )
= 3

.

ii. Moment =

=
=3.

(Answer)




Problem 14: Find the moment about a line through the origin having the direction of 2

due to a 30kg Force acting at a point (-4, 2, 5) in the direction of 12

.

Solution: Given that, |

|=30kg
Therefore, Force,

= 30.

()

()

()

)

Now,

x
=

[



]
=

( ) ( )

( )
=

)

Unit vector, =

()

()

()

)

Therefore, Moment =

.
=

) .

)
=

( )
=

(Answer)