ME 274 – Spring 2009 SOLUTION

Quiz No. 3 – Div 3

Monday, February 2

The mechanism shown below is made up of links OA, AB and BC. Links OA and BC are
pinned to ground at point O and C, respectively. Link AB joins links OA and BC at pin joints A
and B, respectively. Pins O and C are on the same horizontal line. At the instant shown,
• link AB is horizontal and BC is vertical.
• link BC is rotating in the CW sense at a constant rate of ωBC = 3 rad/sec.

At the instant shown,

a) find the angular velocities of links OA and AB. Write your
answers as vectors.
b) find the angular accelerations of links OA and AB. Write
your answers as vectors.
c) 5 BONUS POINTS -- make an accurate sketch of the
direction for the velocity of point D on link AB (HINT:
consider the location of the instant center for link AB.) ICAB

A D B VB

300 mm
y
500 mm
VD

VA 300 mm
ωBC
x

O C

Velocity analysis

( )
BC : v B = vC + ! BC " r B/C = 0 + (! BC k ) " 300 j = #300! BC i

OA : v A = vO + ! OA " r A/O = 0 + (! OA k ) " ( 400i + 300 j ) = #300! OA i + 400! OA j

AB : v B = v A + ! AB " r B/ A #

( )
!300" BC i = !300" OA i + 400" OA j + (" AB k ) # ( 300i )
= ( !300" OA ) i + ( 400" OA + 300" AB ) j $
i: ! 300" BC = !300" OA # " OA = " BC = !3 rad / sec
j: 0 = 400" OA + 300" AB # " AB = ! ( 4 / 3) " OA = 4 rad / sec
Acceleration analysis
BC : a B = aC + ! BC " r B/C # $ BC
2
r B/C = 0 + 0 # $ BC
2
(
300 j = #300$ BC
2
)
j

OA : a A = aO + ! OA " r A/O # $ OA
2
r A/O

( )
= 0 + (! OA k ) " 400i + 300 j # $ OA
2
(
400i + 300 j )
(
= #300! OA # 400$ OA
2
) (
i + 400! OA # 300$ OA
2
j )
AB : a B = a A + ! AB " r B/ A # $ AB
2
r B/ A %
!300" BC
2
(
j = !300# OA ! 400" OA
2
) (
i + 400# OA ! 300" OA
2
)
j + (# AB k ) $ ( 300i ) ! 300" AB
2
i

= ( !300# OA ! 400" OA
2
! 300" AB
2
) (
i + 400# OA ! 300" OA
2
+ 300# AB j ) %

i: 0 = !300" OA ! 400# OA
2
! 300# AB
2
$ " OA = ! ( 4 / 3)# OA
2
! # AB
2
= !28 rad / sec 2
j : ! 300# BC
2
= 400" OA ! 300# OA
2
+ 300" AB $ " AB = !# BC
2
+ # OA
2
! ( 4 / 3)" OA = 37.3 rad / sec 2

Answers:
! OA = ! OA k = ( "3k ) rad / sec
! AB = ! AB k = ( 4k ) rad / sec
# OA = # OA k = ( "28 k ) rad / sec 2
# AB = # AB k = ( 37.3k ) rad / sec 2