Slider and Crank Mechanism

This Demonstration shows the velocity acceleration and instantaneous center of rotation for a simple slidercrank mechanism with adjustable crank length and connecting rod to crank length ratio The connecting rod links the rotating crank to the slider The velocity vectors for the crank and slider are shown as blue arrows At any instant the connecting rod rotates about an instantaneous center of rotation the intersection of the dashed lines

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