DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment

UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG
Doornfontein Campus

Title: SLIDER/ CRANK MECHANISM – CONNECTING- ROD BEHAVIOUR Lab 3

By

Fumani Mabasa
(220128225)

A Semester 2 Report submitted

in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the module

THEORY OF MACHINES (222TMAMIB2)

B. ENG TECH (BENG(TECH))

Engineering: Mechanical

LECTURER: PETER STACHELHAUS

Date: 05 October 2023

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INTRODUCTION
Aim
The aim of this experiment was to analyse the behaviour of a piston due to one complete
revolution of its crank.
APPARATUS
The following are apparatus used to complete this experiment:
• HTM17 Crank and connecting rod

Figure 1:Photo of HTM17 Crank and connecting rod

Figure 2:HTM17 Crank and connecting rod diagram

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RESULTS AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS
Table 1:Table of Analysed Results

Angle Ø (°) θ Angle 𝛽 Angular Angular Angle 𝛽2

(°) (°) Velocity Acceleration (rad)
(rad/s) (rad/s2)
0 180 0,0000 -0,2500 0,0000 0,0000
10 170 1,5921 -0,2462 -0,0434 0,0278
20 160 3,1370 -0,2349 -0,0855 0,0548
30 150 4,5886 -0,2165 -0,1250 0,0801
40 140 5,9031 -0,1915 -0,1607 0,1030
50 130 7,0403 -0,1607 -0,1915 0,1229
60 120 7,9648 -0,1250 -0,2165 0,1390
70 110 8,6473 -0,0855 -0,2349 0,1509
80 100 9,0658 -0,0434 -0,2462 0,1582
90 90 9,2069 0,0000 -0,2500 0,1607
100 80 9,0658 0,0434 -0,2462 0,1582
110 70 8,6473 0,0855 -0,2349 0,1509
120 60 7,9648 0,1250 -0,2165 0,1390
130 50 7,0403 0,1607 -0,1915 0,1229
140 40 5,9031 0,1915 -0,1607 0,1030
150 30 4,5886 0,2165 -0,1250 0,0801
160 20 3,1370 0,2349 -0,0855 0,0548
170 10 1,5921 0,2462 -0,0434 0,0278
180 0 0,0000 0,2500 0,0000 0,0000
190 -10 -1,5921 0,2462 0,0434 -0,0278
200 -20 -3,1370 0,2349 0,0855 -0,0548
210 -30 -4,5886 0,2165 0,1250 -0,0801
220 -40 -5,9031 0,1915 0,1607 -0,1030
230 -50 -7,0403 0,1607 0,1915 -0,1229
240 -60 -7,9648 0,1250 0,2165 -0,1390
250 -70 -8,6473 0,0855 0,2349 -0,1509
260 -80 -9,0658 0,0434 0,2462 -0,1582
270 -90 -9,2069 0,0000 0,2500 -0,1607
280 -100 -9,0658 -0,0434 0,2462 -0,1582
290 -110 -8,6473 -0,0855 0,2349 -0,1509
300 -120 -7,9648 -0,1250 0,2165 -0,1390

ANALYSIS

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 CONNECTING-ROD MOTION
0,3000

0,2000

0,1000

0,0000
0 50 100 150 200 250 300

-0,1000

-0,2000

-0,3000

Angular velocity of the connecting rod (rad/s)

Angular accelration of the connecting rod (rad/s^2)
Displacement, X (m)

Figure 3: 𝛽/Angular Velocity/Angular Acceleration vs Displacement graph

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