VELOCITY &

ACCELERATION DIAGRAM
NAZIHAH BINTI MOHD NOOR

VELOCITY DIAGRAM
Crank,

Connecting Rod and Piston

A

Connecting
Rod

crank
Piston

VBA

VAO

VBA

VAO

A
O

VAO

VBA
B

A
O

O
B

EXERCISE 1

The mechanism shown has a crank 50 mm radius

which rotates at 2000 rev/min. Determine the velocity
of the piston for the position shown. Also determine
the angular velocity of link AB about A.

From Calculation :

1ST STEP

Skeleton Diagram
Scale
lukisan : asal
1cm : 0.01m

2ND STEP

Velocity direction at every mechanism (

A
VBA
VAO
B

Piston

VB

O
Connecting
Rod

Crank

3RD STEP

Velocity Diagram
Scale
1cm : 1m

VBA

VB

VAO
B

VB

Piston

O
Connecting
Rod

VBA

Crank

4TH STEP
From Velocity Diagram
Measure VBA

Ukuran dari
Velocity Diagram
So;

Tukar mengikut scale

1cm : 1m/s
9.2cm : 9.2m/s

2. Find the velocity of the piston for each case below and
the angular velocity of AB about point A.
i. The crank OA rotates anti-clockwise at 3000
rev/min

SKELETON DIAGRAM
Scale
1cm : 0.02m
A

Velocity direction at every mechanism (

VAO
VBA

3000rev/min

B
VB

Velocity Diagram

Scale
1cm : 5m/s

4 BAR CHAIN

VCB

C
B
VCD
VBA

ACCELERATION DIAGRAMS
Acceleration produce inertia process
Must consider 2 forms of acceleration
i. Centripetal Acceleration
ii. Tangential Acceleration

ACCELERATION DIAGRAMS
A = 2 r

or

A = v2/r

EXAMPLE
A piston, connecting rod and crank mechanism is
shown in the diagram. The crank rotates at a constant
velocity of 300 rad/s. Find the acceleration of the piston
and the angular acceleration of the link BC. The
diagram is not drawn to scale.

SKELETON DIAGRAM
Scale
1cm : 0.02m
C

2.5cm

8.5cm
B

Velocity Direction
VCB

A
VC

VBA

VCB

Velocity Diagram
C

VC

VC

Scale
1cm : 2m/s

7.5cm
VBA

VCB
B

VBA

VC
A

7.5cm
VBA

VCB
B

From Velocity Diagram

ACCELERATION DIAGRAM
From skeleton diagram, draw acceleration direction

ACCELERATION DIAGRAM
C

Scale
1cm : 300m/s2

B
B

15cm

1.19cm

From Acceleration Diagram