L2:1 Kinematics of a Particle • The study of Dynamics includes – Kinematics — the description of motion without regard to the forces causing it – Kinetics — the relationship between motion and applied forces • In this lecture we focus on the kinematics of particles (bodies of negligible dimensions) • Later studies: kinematics of rigid bodies • Reference: – Engineering Mechanics , Volume 2, Dynamics, 5th Edition by J. L. Meriam, L. G. Kraige, (Wiley, 2002)