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16-4 ABSOLUTE MOTION ANALYSIS

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16-4 ABSOLUTE MOTION ANALYSIS

EXAMPLE I
Given: The platform is constrained to
move vertically by the smooth vertical guides.
The cam C rotates with a constant angular
velocity, .
Find:

The velocity and acceleration


of platform P as a function of
the angle of cam C.

Use the fixed reference point O and define the position of the platform,
Plan: P, in terms of the parameter .
Take successive time derivatives of the position equation to find the
velocity and acceleration.

EXAMPLE I
(continued)
Solution:
By geometry, y = r + r sin

By differentiating with respect to time,

vP = r cos r cos

Note that the cam rotates with a constant angular


velocity.

Differentiating vP to find the acceleration,


aP = d(rcos ) / dt = r(-sin r sin

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