Final Summer 18 (2)
Final Summer 18 (2)
Final Exam
Faculty Engineering
Department Mechatronics
Module Code GSE 264m
Module Title Rigid Body Dynamics
Semester Summer 2018
Time Allowed 3 Hours
Total Mark 60
No. of Pages 4 + cover
Material provided Tables attached
Equipment permitted None
Additional Instructions All Answers must be in English otherwise it will not be
considered.
Determine the moment of inertia of the overhung crank about the x axis. The
material is steel having a density of ρ = 7860 kg/m3.
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Question 3 (Total Mark: 12)
The pendulum consists of a 10-kg uniform disk and a 3-kg uniform slender rod. If it is
released from rest in the position shown, determine its angular velocity when it rotates
clockwise 90°.
a. Explain with suitable sketches, the main differences between finite rotations
and infinitesimal rotations. (4 Marks)
b. At the instant θ = 60, the gyrotop has three components of angular motion
directed as shown and having magnitudes defined as: (8 Marks)
Spin: ωs = 10 rad/s, increasing at
the rate of 6 rad/s2
Nutation: ωn = 3 rad/s, increasing
at the rate of 2 rad/s2
Precession: ωp = 5 rad/s,
increasing at the rate of 4 rad/s2
Determine the angular velocity
and angular acceleration of the
top.
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Question 5 (Total Mark: 12)
a. Show that for plane rotation the normal component of acceleration an = -ω2 r.
(4 Marks)
Good Luck
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Table: Mass Moments of Inertia of Common Geometric Shapes