Mechanical Engineering Quiz # 26

What does the halo around the centerpoint represent?

The radius of the earth

Possible directions of the field lines

The size of the sun

Possible positions for the fixed pivot

What is the name of the circle describing the possible locations of the moving pivot?

Pivot point

Description

Centre of mass

Circle point

What is the term for the difference in velocity between two points in the same body?

Speed

Acceleration

Velocity difference

Distance

What is a term for a sharp point on the curve that has the useful property of instantaneous zero velocity?

Intersection

Cusp

Edge

Radius

What term describes a double point that occurs where the coupler curve crosses itself creating multiple loop vectors?

Vorticity

Crunode

Vortex

Y intersection

What is the point common to two bodies in which the point has the same instantaneous velocity in each body?

Instant centre

Point of symmetry

Point of impact

Point of intersection

What do three bodies have if they are in the presence of Kennedy's rule?

Two instant centres and one dead centre

Four instant centres

Exactly two instant centres and one floating centre

Exactly three instant centres

What is the relationship between the angular velocity of a gyroscope and the input and output of the gyroscope?

Angular momentum

Output

Velocity ratio

Angular velocity

What is the inverse of the velocity ratio?

Torque ratio

Angular velocity

Acceleration

Angular acceleration

The advantage of the force being applied to the output force is known as what?

Shear force

Kinetic advantage

Potentiodynamic advantage

Mechanical advantage

What is the term for the path of the instant centre?

Centrode

Orbit

Axis of symmetry

Axis

How many times the velocity of slip is the angular velocity?

3 times

6 times

4 times

2 times

What term describes the motion of an object when travelling in a gravitational field?

Angular momentum

Inertia

Kepler's Third Law

Coriolis acceleration

The angle between the output link and the coupler is called what?

Bearing angle

Output link angle

Transmission angle

Coupler angle

What is the velocity of a sliding joint between two links called?

Velocity of Slip

Velocity of Motion

Velocity of Rigid Body

Velocity of a body at res

The velocity of slip is what type of movement?

Rolling

Sliding

Jugging

Gliding

What does the axis of transmission represent?

Direction of the virus

Direction of the axis

Direction of the host response

Velocity along the axis

What is the variable that describes how fast a disease travels along the axis of transmission?

Direction

Velocity

Distance

Density

What is the term that describes a change in how fast an object moves?

Drag

Surge

Jerk

Creep

What type of acceleration is present in the cam?

Linear

Cycloid

Angular

None of these

The versatile and useful function generator is known as what?

Random number generator

Keyboard

Jack

Cam & follower

What does the term axis of transmission mean?

The vertical line that divides the earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres

The axis along which disease is able to spread

The axis along which force is able to be transmitted

The line along which a virus spreads

The angle between the axis and the velocity is called what?

Angle of attack

Pressure angle

Torque angle

Shear angle

What is the distance below the nominal pitch circle that defines Dedendum?

The root length

The diameter of the nominal pitch circle

The height of the tooth

The tooth height

What type of link is able to rotate?

Manual

Crank

Sliding

Chain

What kind of behaviour does a link that has oscillatory behaviour have?

Moved slowly

Pivoted to a ground

Spinning

Hovering

What can be used to connect the complex motion with the ground?

Pulleys

Cables

Coupler

What is the name of an open chain of kinematic links?

Dyad

Ring

Hexagon

Chain

What is the Time interval between two events called?

Interval

Period

Elapsed time

Frequency

What did Galileo say distance was?

Space between the observer and the object

Volume of the object

Magnitude of an object

Length of the path that the object too