56 2 Kinematics
y
1
1
x
z
1
y
1
(b)
z
x
Z
P
C
Q
ω
P
α
ω
Y
(a)
C
Q
Z
X
ω
Z
C
ω
C
B
B
Q
Figure (a) shows a thin disk, with center C, that is attached to the rigid link
BC. The point P is on the edge of the disk, and the line CP is perpendicular
to the line BC. The disk rotates about the line BC with angular velocity ω
C
.
The point B moves in a circular path in the X-Y plane with angular velocity
ω
Z
. The length of QB is l
1
, the length of BC is l
2
, and the radius of the disk
is ρ. The line BC is at a fixed angle α relative to the line QY . A kinematic
analysis of the point P , at the instant shown, proceeds as follows.
First, establish a fixed reference frame. The rectangular coordinate system
x-y-z, with origin at Q, will be used as the fixed reference frame in this
analysis (see Fig. (b)). The x-axis is directed along the line QX, the y-axis
is directed along the line QY , and the z-axis is directed alone the line QZ.
The unit vectors along the x, y, and z axes are
ˆ
i,
ˆ
j, and
ˆ
k, respectively.
Next, a moving frame, x
1
-y
1
-z
1
, is attached to point B such that the origin
of the moving frame, Q
1
, is coincident with B, the y
1
-axis is directed along
the line BC, the x
1
-axis is parallel to the line QX, and the z
1
-axis is selected
to form a right-handed rectangular coordinate system. The unit vectors along
the x
1
, y
1
, and z
1
axes are
ˆ
i
1
,
ˆ
j
1
, and
ˆ
k
1
, respectively.
Displacement analysis
Using the fixed and moving frames described above, the point P can be
treated as a point that us moving in a moving frame. Let
0
R
QQ
1
= [X, Y, Z]
T
be the coordinates of Q
1
relative to Q, in the x-y-z frame. Let
1
r
Q
1
P
=
[x
1
, y
1
, z
1
]
T
be the coordinates of P relative to Q
1
, in the x
1
-y
1
-z
1
frame.
Let
0
A
1
be the direction cosine matrix relating the x
1
-y
1
-z
1
frame to the
x-y-z frame. Then the coordinate of the point P relative to Q in the x-y-z
frame is given by
0
r
QP
=
0
R
QQ
1
+
0
A
1
1
r
Q
1
P
, (a)
where
0
r
QP
= [x, y, z]
T
. For the configuration shown in Fig. (b),
0
R
QQ
1
=
[0, l
1
, 0]
T
,
1
r
Q
1
P
= [0, l
2
, ρ]
T
, and