Normal and Tangential Coordinates Explained (Part 1/2) - Engineering Dynamics

This video provides an introduction to normal and tangential coordinates used to describe curved motion of an object in engineering dynamics. (Part 1 - provides definitions and highlights key concepts -    • Normal and Tangential Coordinates Explaine...  ) (Part 2 - shows how to derive the acceleration components from velocity -    • Normal and Tangential Components Explained...  ) Time Stamps for Part 1: 0:00 Introduction 0:32 Basics of the n-t coordinate system 1:12 Defining the positive sense of each coordinate 2:30 Determining the center of curvature at a point 5:31 Describing the velocity vector in n-t components 7:05 Describing the acceleration vector in n-t components 8:04 Observation about tangential component and 1-D motion analysis 10:45 Radius of curvature formula 11:23 Why you might be interested in the derivation (part 2)...