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Grade 12Mechanics

Please give me a list of properties of instantaneous centre of rotation.

Profile image of Athul Joseph
8 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Arun
8 Years ago
Dear student
 
The following properties of the instantaneous centre are important from the subject point of view :
1. A rigid link rotates instantaneously relative to another link at the instantaneous centre for the configuration of the mechanism considered.
2. The two rigid links have no linear velocity relative to each other at the instantaneous centre. At this point (i.e. instantaneous centre), the two rigid links have the same linear velocity relative to the third rigid link. In other words, the velocity of the instantaneous centre relative to any third rigid link will be same whether the instantaneous centre is regarded as a point on the first rigid link or on the second rigid link.

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Arun (askIITians forum expert)