Two identical battering rams are mounted on their respective frames as shown. Bars BC and...

Two identical battering rams are mounted on their respective frames as shown. Bars BC and AD are identical and pinned at B and C and at A and D, respectively. Bars FO and HO are rigidly attached to the ram and are pinned at O.At the instant shown, the centers of mass of rams 1 and 2, at E and G, respectively, are moving horizontally with a speed υ0 = 20 ft/s. Treating the rams as slender bars with length L = 10 ft and weight W = 1250 lb, and letting H = 3 ft, compute the kinetic energy of the two rams.

Figure P8.4