Three metallic balls, each of mass 2 kg, are placed at the vertices of an equilateral triangle of side length 2 m. (a) Find the CM of the system. (b) Express the position vector from origin to the CM in terms of unit vectors. (c) Find the direction of the position vector with respect to the +x axis.
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).
Three metallic balls, each of mass 2 kg, are placed at the vertices of an equilateral triangle of side length 2 m. (a) Find the CM of the system. (b) Express the position vector from origin to the CM in terms of unit vectors. (c) Find the direction of the position vector with respect to the +x axis.
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