
176 4 Dynamic Force Analysis
is zero
∑
F
(3)
·r
CD
=(F
03
+ F
43
+ G
3
+ F
in3
) ·r
CD
= 0, (4.86)
where r
CD
= r
D
−r
C
. Equation 4.86 with the MATLAB command is
eqCR1=dot(F03-F34s+G3+Fin3,rD-rC);
Continuing on the path II (Fig. 4.40), a moment equation is written for the rotation
joint B
R
∑
M
(3&2)
B
= r
BC
3
×(G
3
+ F
in3
)+r
BC
×F
03
+ r
BD
×F
43
+ M
in2
+ M
in3
= 0, (4.87)
where r
BC
3
= r
C
3
−r
B
, r
BC
= r
C
−r
B
, and r
BD
= r
D
−r
B
. With MATLAB Eq. 4.87
gives:
eqCR2=cross(rC3-rB,G3+Fin3)+cross(rC-rB,F03)+...
cross(rD-rB,-F34s)+Min2+Min3;
eqCR2z=eqCR2(3);
To solve the system of two equations the MATLAB commands are used:
solF03=solve(eqCR1,eqCR2z);
F03s=[ eval(solF03.F03x), eval(solF03.F03y), 0 ];
The following numerical solution is obtained
F
03
= −431.027ı −878.152 j N.
Reaction Force F
23
The translation joint B
T
between the links 2 and 3 is replaced with the unknown
reaction force F
23
(Fig. 4.41)
F
23
= −F
32
= F
23x
ı + F
23y
j
.
The position of the application point Q of the force F
23
is unknown
r
Q
= x
Q
ı + y
Q
j,
where x
Q
and y
Q
are the plane coordinates of the point Q. The force F
23
and its point
of application Q are written in MATLAB as:
F23=[ sym(’F23x’,’real’), sym(’F23y’,’real’), 0 ];
F32=-F23;
rQ=[ sym(’xQ’,’real’), sym(’yQ’,’real’), 0 ];
Following the path I (Fig. 4.41), a moment equation is written for the rotation joint
C
R