A mechanism is made up of rigid links OA, AB, BC and DE. A slider is...

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A mechanism is made up of rigid links OA, AB, BC and DE. A slider is pinned to end E of link DE and is constrained to move along a horizontal guide. For the position shown, link OA is rotating in the counterclockwise sense about O with a constant rotation rate of wOA, with links OA and BC being vertically oriented and link AB being horizontally oriented. Find: For the position shown: (a) Use the instant center approach to determine the angular velocities of links AB, BC and DE, along with the speed of slider E. (b) Use vector analysis to determine the angular accelerations of links AB, BC and DE, along with the acceleration of slider E. Is the speed of E increasing, decreasing or constant at this instant? L A 00A 21 L L CO B D 3L E A mechanism is made up of rigid links OA, AB, BC and DE. A slider is pinned to end E of link DE and is constrained to move along a horizontal guide. For the position shown, link OA is rotating in the counterclockwise sense about O with a constant rotation rate of wOA, with links OA and BC being vertically oriented and link AB being horizontally oriented. Find: For the position shown: (a) Use the instant center approach to determine the angular velocities of links AB, BC and DE, along with the speed of slider E. (b) Use vector analysis to determine the angular accelerations of links AB, BC and DE, along with the acceleration of slider E. Is the speed of E increasing, decreasing or constant at this instant? L A 00A 21 L L CO B D 3L E

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We will locate the instant center of rotation for link OA in order to solve this problem using the instant center method This will allow us to calcula... View the full answer