Question

If the crank rotation angle varies from 45 degrees to 135 degrees, Using three precision points with chebyshev’s spacing, synthesize a slider crank mechanism where where displacement of slider is square of the crank rotation. From the above information calculate ‘a’ in mm.

(a) 48.2

(b) 58.2

(c) 45.6

(d) 42.2

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This interesting question is from Analytical Synthesis for Slider Crank Mechanism in portion Computer Aided Analysis and Synthesis of Mechanisms of Machine Dynamics

Answer 1

Right answer is (a) 48.2

Easy explanation: From the above data θs=45° and θf=135°, assuming starting displacement and final displacement of slider as 100mm and 30mm respectively,

We calculate k1 = 96.4mm

k1 = 2a

Therefore a = 48.2mm.