PROBLEM 15.237
The remote manipulator system (RMS) shown is used
to deploy payloads from the cargo bay of space
shuttles. At the instant shown, the whole RMS is
rotating at the constant rate
about the
axis AB. At the same time, portion BCD rotates as a
rigid body at the constant rate
about an axis through B
parallel to the X axis. Knowing that
determine (a) the angular acceleration of BCD, (b) the
velocity of D, (c) the acceleration of D.
SOLUTION
At the instant given, Points A, B, C, and D lie in a plane which is parallel to the YZ plane. The plane ABCD is
rotating with angular velocity.
2
(0.03 ) ( 0.168875 )
(0.0050662 m/s )
DD
′′
= × = ×−
=
aΩv j i
k