Answer to Question #200276 in Mechanical Engineering for Muhammad Idrees

Question

A compound epicyclic gear is shown diagrammatically in Fig. 13.40. The gears A, D and E are free to rotate on the axis P. The compound gear B and C rotate together on the axis Q at the end of arm F. All the gears have equal pitch. The number of external teeth on the gears A, B and C are 18, 45 and 21 respectively. The gears D and E are annular gears. The gear A rotates at 100 r.p.m. in the anticlockwise direction and the gear D rotates at 450 r.p.m. clockwise. Find the speed and direction of the arm and

the gear E.

Answer 1

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