1. (30) If the ball rolls without slipping on a horizontal surface, determine the velocity and acceleration of points A and B at this instant.
2. (30) Develop an expression for the angular velocity e AB of the slender bar AB in terms of the distance x and the constant angular velocity e of the drum.
3. (40) A cleated conveyor belt transports solid homogeneous cylinders up a 15 incline. The diameter of the cylinder is half its height. Determine the maximum acceleration which the belt may have without tipping the cylinders at it starts.
Useful equations
/ / B A B A A B A v v v v r e = + = +
( ) ( ) B A B A A B A B A n t a a a a a a = + = + +
( ) ( ) 2 t n a r a r o e = = G G G F ma M I o = =