2.4-Rotational Mechanical System Transfer Functions: Table 3
2.4-Rotational Mechanical System Transfer Functions: Table 3
2.4-Rotational Mechanical System Transfer Functions: Table 3
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2.4- Rotational Mechanical System Transfer Functions
Having covered electrical and translational mechanical systems, we now
move on to consider rotational mechanical systems. Rotational mechanical systems
are handled the same way as translational mechanical systems, except that torque
replaces force and angular displacement replaces translational displacement. The
mechanical components for rotational systems are the same as those for translational
systems, except that the components undergo rotation instead of translation.
Table 3 shows the components along with the relationships between torque and
angular velocity, as well as angular displacement. Notice that the symbols for the
First, we rotate a body while holding all other points still and place on its free-
body diagram all torques due to the body’s own motion. Then, holding the body still,
we rotate adjacent points of motion one at a time and add the torques due to the
adjacent motion to the free-body diagram. The process is repeated for each point of
motion. For each free-body diagram, these torques are summed and set equal to zero
to form the equations of motion.