Property link length 1, 1 Value 0.1 m link length 2, 12 0.05 m Table 2: Properties for slider-crank problem. 0 2 Fig. 2: Slider-crank mechanism Problem 2 A slider-crank mechanism is one of the simplest and most common four-bar linkages. A oft- used example is the piston in a car engine. Given the diagram shown in Fig. 2, find and plot (for 5 s) the position, velocity, and acceleration of the piston given a constant angular velocity and the properties given in Table 2. Note, this problem only has one degree of freedom. The position of the piston is completely defined by the angle 01. However, it is difficult to write the position vectors without considering the angle 02. The key is that there is a single constraint that equates 01 to 02.