MATLAB Project - Whitworth Mechanism

Project tasks

3. Derive

Why is θ = 2∏t / 3, where time t ≥ 0 is measured in seconds? Derive the mathematical expressions in the above M-File for the coordinates of P and C relative to the origin O.

Show that

 \phi =arctan \left( \frac{5 \cdot  \sin \theta}{7+5 \cos \theta} \right)