4.7 R-RTR-RTR Mechanism 173
where x
P
and y
P
are the plane coordinates of the point P. The force F
45
and its point
of application P with MATLAB is written as:
F45=[ sym(’F45x’,’real’), sym(’F45y’,’real’), 0 ];
F54=-F45;
rP=[ sym(’xP’,’real’), sym(’yP’,’real’), 0 ];
Following the path I (Fig. 4.38), a moment equation is written for the rotation joint
E
R
∑
M
(5)
E
= r
AP
×F
45
+ r
AC
5
×(G
5
+ F
in5
)+M
in5
+ M
5ext
= 0, (4.80)
where r
AP
= r
P
−r
A
and r
AC
5
= r
C
5
−r
A
. One can write Eq. 4.80 using the MAT-
LAB commands:
eqDT1=cross(rP-rA,F45)+cross(rC5-rA,G5+Fin5)+Me+Min5;
eqDT1z=eqDT1(3);
Following the path II (Fig. 4.38), a moment equation is written for the rotation joint
D
R
∑
M
(4)
D
= r
DP
×F
54
+ M
in4
= 0, (4.81)
where r
DP
= r
P
−r
D
and F
54
= −F
45
. Equation 4.81 with MATLAB is:
eqDT2=cross(rP-rD,F54)+Min4;
eqDT2z=eqDT2(3);
The direction of the unknown joint force F
45
is perpendicular to the sliding direction
r
AD
F
45
·r
AD
= 0, (4.82)
and using the MATLAB command:
eqF45DA=dot(F45,rD-rA);
The application point P of the force F
45
is located on the direction AD, that is
(r
D
−r
A
) ×(r
P
−r
A
)=0. (4.83)
One can write Eq. 4.83 using the MATLAB commands:
eqP=cross(rD-rA,rP-rA);
eqPz=eqP(3);
The system of four equations is solved using the MATLAB command: