Below is a video of the PMKS analysis showing the position analysis of the point at the joint where the slotted link and slider link meet.
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For my kinematic analysis, I started out by using the diagrams below to define my position vectors.
From my position analysis, I found:
From my velocity analysis:
From my acceleration analysis:
MATLAB Portion:
I used the following MATLAB code to calculate all the above values using a 0 to 360 degree input of theta 2. The position graph for the same point shown in the PMKS analysis has a slightly different shape, indicating the code did not match as well as the real life result.
*Refer to Appendix for MATLAB Code