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When a cylinder is located in a Vee-block, the number of degrees of freedom which are arrested is

(a) 2

(b) 4

(c) 7

(d) 8

I have been asked this question in semester exam.

Asked question is from Velocity of a point Link on a Link By Instanteneous Centre Method in division Velocity in Mechanisms of Machine Kinematics

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The correct option is (b) 4

To explain: Number of degrees of freedom = 2 & movability includes the six degrees of freedom of the device as a whole, as the ground link were not fixed. So, 4 degrees of freedom are constrained or arrested.

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