Using Mathematica – An Example Live on your Computer!
A Mountain Bike Suspension (Problem 5.25)
At the point of Crossing a Bump’ 2 is at 221 2 is 205 rad/sec CW 2 is at 60 rad/s 2 CW
Design Starts: Links to Vectors r1r1 r2r2 r3r3 r4r4 Basic Loop Equation:
Knowns and Unknowns: Knowns: –Magnitudes of all the vectors – 1 = 180 - 61 = 119 and 2 = 221 –Velocity and Acceleration of these two angles ( 1 is fixed!) Unknowns: – 3 and 4 –We seek angular velocity and acceleration of Link 3
Writing Loop Equation in Component Form: We must develop a model for our unknowns – following the text example Isolate 4 in both, Square and isolate 3 Considering the ½ solutions to build a model for tan(½ 3 ) Take 1 st Derivatives of component eqns build velocity models Take 2 nd Derivatives of Component eqns to get Accel models Isolate the 3 terms!
The “Key”: Velocity
Accel: