60 3 Velocity and Acceleration Analysis
=
ıj
k
001
√
3 −
√
3
2
0 −
1
2
0
=
1
2
ı +
√
3
2
j
m/s
2
.
The tangential relative acceleration a
t
CB
is perpendicular to the vector r
BC
and the
orientation given by the vector
α
2
as shown in Fig. 3.5.
To calculate
α
2
, a
C
, and a
CB
the following commands are used with MATLAB:
alpha2z=sym(’alpha2z’,’real’);
aCx=sym(’aCx’,’real’);
alpha2=[00alpha2z ]; % alpha3z unknown
aC=[aCx00]; %aCxunknown
eqaC=aC-(aB1+cross(alpha2,rC-rB)-...
dot(Omega2,Omega2)
*
(rC-rB));
eqaCx = eqaC(1); % equation component on x-axis
eqaCy = eqaC(2); % equation component on y-axis
solaC = solve(eqaCx,eqaCy);
alpha2zs=eval(solaC.alpha2z);
aCxs=eval(solaC.aCx);
Alpha2 = [0 0 alpha2zs];
aCs = [aCxs 0 0];
aCB=cross(Alpha2,rC-rB)-dot(Omega2,Omega2)
*
(rC-rB);
aCBn=-dot(Omega2,Omega2)
*
(rC-rB);
aCBt=cross(Alpha2,rC-rB);
The MATLAB program for the velocities and accelerations is given in Appendix B.1.
The results are shown at the end of the program.
3.6 Four-Bar (R-RRR) Mechanism
Exercise
The planar R-RRR mechanism is shown in Fig. 2.4. The following data are given:
AB=0.150 m, BC=0.35 m, CD=0.30 m, CE =0.15 m. x
A
=y
A
=0, x
D
=0.30 m, and
y
D
=0.30 m. For φ = φ
1
=45
◦
the positions of B, C, and D are x
B
=y
B
=0.106066 m,
x
C
=0.0400698 m, y
C
=0.449788 m, x
E
=–0.0898952 m, and y
E
=0.524681 m. The
driver link 1 rotates with a constant angular speed n=n
1
=60 rpm (revolutions per
minute).
Find the velocities and the accelerations of the mechanism at the moment when
the driver link 1 makes an angle φ = φ
1
=45
◦
with the horizontal axis.
Solution
The angular velocity of link 1 is