This document provides an overview of a university-level engineering mechanics lecture on kinematics of particles. Specifically, it introduces the topics of: 1) Kinematics, which deals with the geometric aspects of motion, and kinetics, which analyzes the forces causing motion. 2) Rectilinear kinematics and concepts like position, displacement, velocity, and acceleration for particles moving in a straight line. Formulas are provided for calculating average and instantaneous acceleration. 3) Details of a university lecture on this subject, including the date, time, instructor, and brief content on introducing concepts of mechanics, dividing it into statics and dynamics, and focusing on kinematics.

1. Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Ministry of Higher Education
Helmand University
Engineering Faculty Civil Department
ENGINEERING MECHANICS
DYNAMICS
TWELFTH EDITION
CHAPTER 12
Kinematics of a Particle
Lecture 01
Date: 13-11-1393
Time: 1:00AM-2:45AM
Instructor: Engineer Mohammad Sadiq
( Busty)

2. Kinematics of a Particle
• 1 2 . 1 Introduction
Mechanics is a branch of the physical sciences that is concerned with the
state of rest or motion of bodies subjected to the action of forces.
Engineering mechanics is divided into two areas of study.
 Statics is concerned with the equilibrium of a body that is
either at rest or moves with constant velocity.
 dynamics, which deals with the accelerated motion of a body.
dynamics will be presented in two parts.
• kinematics, which treats only the geometric aspects of the motion.
• kinetics, which is the analysis of the forces causing the motion.

3. Rectilinear Kinematics: Continuous Motion
• Rectilinear Kinematics. The kinematics of a particle is
characterized by specifying, at any given instant, the particle's
position, velocity, and acceleration.
• Position. The straight-line path of a particle will be defined using a
single coordinate axis s, Fig. 12-1a.
• Displacement. The displacement of the particle is defined as the
change in its position. For example, if the particle moves from one
point to another, Fig. 12-1b,

4. Rectilinear Kinematics: Continuous Motion cont.…
• Velocity. If the particle moves through a displacement ∆𝑠 during the
time interval ∆𝑠 , the average velocity of the particle during this
time interval is.

5. Rectilinear Kinematics: Continuous Motion
• Acceleration. Provided the velocity of the particle is known at two points,
the average acceleration of the particle during the time interval !:::.t is
defined as
instantaneous acceleration at time t is a vector

6. Rectilinear Kinematics: Continuous Motion cont.…

7. Rectilinear Kinematics: Continuous Motion cont.…