An experimental Fresnel-lens solar-energy concentrator can rotate about the horizontal axis AB that passes through its mass center G. It is supported at A and B by a steel framework that can rotate about the vertical y axis. The concentrator has a mass of 30 Mg, a radius of gyration of 12 m about its axis of symmetry CD, and a radius of gyration of 10 m about any transverse axis through G. Knowing that the angular velocities w1 and w2  have constant magnitudes equal to 0.20 rad/s and 0.25 rad/s, respectively, determine for the position 0= 60° (a) the forces exerted on the concentrator at A and B, (b)the couple M2k applied to the concentrator at that instant.

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An experimental Fresnel-lens solar-energy concentrator can rotate about the horizontal axis AB that passes through its mass center G. It is supported at A and B by a steel framework that can rotate about the vertical y axis. The concentrator has a mass of 30 Mg, a radius of gyration of 12 m about its axis of symmetry CD, and a radius of gyration of 10 m about any transverse axis through G. Knowing that the angular velocities w1 and w2  have constant magnitudes equal to 0.20 rad/s and 0.25 rad/s, respectively, determine for the position 0= 60° (a) the forces exerted on the concentrator at A and B, (b)the couple M2k applied to the concentrator at that instant.

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