Dynamics 2e 2149
Problem 10.41
The uniform bar
AB
of length
L
and mass
m
is attached to the T-bar
support by a frictionless pin at
A
. The mass of the T-bar is negligible,
and it rotates freely in the bearings at
C
and
D
. The
x0y0´0
frame
is attached to the T-bar at
A
and is aligned as shown. The angle
between the bar
AB
and the
x0
axis is
ˇ
, and the angle measuring the
orientation of the T-bar is
. Determine the equations of motion of
the system in terms of the angles ˇand .
Solution
This system has two degrees of freedom, so we know that we will need two
equations of motion. As required by the problem statement, we will use
ˇ
and
as the dependent variables. Referring to the FBD on the right, we see
that the pin connection at
A
implies that we write three orthogonal force
reactions at
A
and two orthogonal moment reactions (if the pin is smooth,
there is no moment in the ydirection at the pin).
Balance Principles.
Summing moments about
A
in the body-fixed
x
,
y
,
and ´directions, we obtain
XMAx WMAx DIGx P!ABx CIG´ IGy !AB´!ABy
CmyG=AaG´ ´G=AaGy ;(1)
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