ME 274 – Spring 2009 SOLUTION

Quiz No. 2 – Div 1

Wednesday, January 28

Corner A of a triangular plate ABC is moving to the left

along a horizontal guide with a speed of vA while the plate A
has a CCW angular velocity of ω. At the instant shown,
• edge AC is horizontally oriented vA
0.5 m C
• vA = 8 m/sec with vA decreasing at a rate of 72 m/sec2
• ω = 12 rad/sec with ω increasing at a rate of 4 rad/
0.5 m 0.5 m
sec2
ω
At the instant shown, y
a) find the velocity vector of corner C, vC
B
b) find the acceleration vector of corner C, aC
c) make sketches of vC and aC x

Solution
vC = v A + ! " r C / A
aC
= vA i + (! k ) " ( 0.5i )
vC
= vA i + 0.5! j

( )
= #8 i + 0.5 (12 ) j = #8 i + 6 j m / sec A

aC = a A + ! " r C / A # $ 2 r C / A vA aA C

= aA i + (! k ) " ( 0.5i ) # $ 2 ( 0.5i )

( )
= aA # 0.5$ 2 i + 0.5! j

( ) ( )
= 72 # 0.5 (12 ) i + 0.5 ( 4 ) j = 2 j m / sec 2
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