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 Exp...  )
(Part 2 - shows how to derive the acceleration components from velocity -    • Normal and Tangential Components Expl...  )

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)...