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The discussion revolves around designing an offset slider-crank mechanism with specific parameters, including a stroke length of 150 mm, an advance-to-return time ratio of 1.2, and an offset height of 50 mm. Participants express difficulty in deriving the lengths of the crank (AB = 71 mm) and connecting rod (BC = 178 mm) using purely mathematical methods, as attempts with quadratic equations and complex numbers have proven complicated. There is a request for simpler approaches or formulas to solve the problem without resorting to graphical methods. The discussion highlights the need for clearer guidance on the mathematical processes involved in this mechanical design challenge. Overall, the focus is on finding a straightforward mathematical solution to the specified design problem.
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Homework Statement


Design an offset slider-crank mechanism which has the following specifications:
1. Stroke length of slider block C = 150 mm
2. Advance-to-return time ratio = 1.2
3. Offset height h = 50 mm

Prove mathematically that the lengths of the crank and of the connecting rod are AB
= 71 mm and BC = 178 mm respectively to the nearest millimetre.

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I would appreciate any help to find the process and ecuations necessary to solve this problem.
I have tried to use differet ways to solve it but it gets very complicate and it suppose to be something easier..

I found a possible solution using the next representation and equations:

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2. Homework Equations


We take into account that:
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When I got this quadratic equations I realize that its getting too complicate, plus even solving this equations at the end there is not solution and I need to use a graphic way to find the length of the crank, and I have to use only mathematically process to solve it, I can't solve it graphically.
Another possible solution that I found was using the next steps:

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The Attempt at a Solution


Another way that suppose to drive to calculate the lengths is using complex numbers but I started and it is quite complicate also.

Does anybody know where could I find a non very complicate way to solve this, my teacher told me that it suppose to be a mathematical method that is not very complicate?
I don't need anybody to make it for me, only a little help to where could I find formulas and the right approach to solve it.

Thank You.
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Back solve from the given answers .
 
Hello.
Iam still stuck, I am using the ratio formula to get the angles, I tried using the cosine and sin rules, but still not going anywhere, with these formulas that I put in the last part of my post I can't get anywhere because I don't have enough data, I need to use the length to go somewhere and that exactly what I need to calculate, so I can't use this data.
Any possible advice of how to proceed?
I guess I am missing something that I can´t realize
 
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