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e dierential equation of the rotational motion of the link 1 about xed axis x
1
:
x
1
φ
̈
1
= M
x
1
.
e total moment of external forces M
x
1
applied to the link 1 of the given mechanical system (Figure 5.32) about
axis x
1
:
M
x
1
= M – S
1
R
1
.
e moment M brings to the motion the whole system and therefore it is considered with a positive sign, but the
moment created by the force S
⃗
1
resists to the rotation of the link 1 and therefore it has a negative sign.
en a dierential equation of the rotational motion of the link 1:
x
1
φ
̈
1
= M – S
1
R
1
. (5.1)
e angular velocity φ
̈
1
of the link 1 can be expressed through the angular velocity φ
̈
2
of the link 2.
As:
φ
̈
1
=
R
2
, then φ
̈
1
= φ
̈
2
∙
R
2
.
φ
̈
2
R
1
R
1
en, Equation (5.1) can be written as:
x
1
φ
̈
1
R
2
= M – S
1
R
1
. (5.2)
R
1
An angular momentum principle for the mechanical system can be applied to write a dierential equation of the
rotational motion of the link 2 (which holds the load 3) about axis x
2
:
dL
x
2
= M
x
2
. (5.3)
R
1
e angular momentum of the system 2 – 3 about axis x
2
:
L
x
2
=
x
2
ω
2
+ m
3
vr
2
,
where
x
2
ω
2
– is the angular momentum of the link 2 rotating with the angular velocity ω
2
around xed axis x
2
;
m
3
vr
2
– is the angular momentum of the load 3 in translational motion with the velocity v.
Since = ω
2
r
2
:
L
x
2
= (
x
2
+ m
3
r
2
2
) ω
2
= '
x
2
φ
̇
2
,
where '
x
2
=
x
2
+ m
3
r
2
2
– the moment of inertia of the system 2 – 3 about axis x
2
.
e total moment M
x
2
of the external forces applied to the system 2 – 3 (Figure 5.32) about axis x
2
:
M
x
2
= S
2
R
2
– G
3
r
2
– M
C
.
e moment of the force S
⃗
2
brings to the motion the system 2 – 3 and therefore it is considered with a positive
sign, but the moment created by the load G
⃗
3
and the moment of the resistance forces M
⃗
C
resist to the motion of the
system, and therefore they have negative signs.
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