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Kinematic Analysis and Synthesis of Mechanisms

This document provides an overview of the topics that will be covered across 5 units related to kinematics and dynamics of machinery. Unit I discusses stress, strain, beam analysis and theories of failure. Unit II covers planar kinematics of rigid bodies including velocity, acceleration and mobility analysis. Unit III focuses on displacement, velocity and acceleration analysis of linkages. Unit IV is about dimensional synthesis of linkages. Unit V examines spherical and spatial linkages, cam mechanisms, and gears.

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Kinematic Analysis and Synthesis of Mechanisms

This document provides an overview of the topics that will be covered across 5 units related to kinematics and dynamics of machinery. Unit I discusses stress, strain, beam analysis and theories of failure. Unit II covers planar kinematics of rigid bodies including velocity, acceleration and mobility analysis. Unit III focuses on displacement, velocity and acceleration analysis of linkages. Unit IV is about dimensional synthesis of linkages. Unit V examines spherical and spatial linkages, cam mechanisms, and gears.

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Unit I - Review of mechanics, analysis of forces and moments, types of

loading, SFD, BMD, stresses, strains, combined stresses, theories of


failure
1.1 Introduction to Stress, Strain, Modulus of Elasticity.
1.2 Stress- Strain Diagram of Ductile, Brittle.
1.3 Thermal stresses, Elastic constants and its relation, volumetric strains.
1.4 Introduction, Pure Bending and Simple Bending, Expression of Bending stress.
1.5 Bending stress in symmetrical sections, Section modulus for various shapes of the beam
section.
1.6 Introduction to shear stress, shear stress distribution for different section, introduction to
Deflection and slope.
1.7 Finding Deflection and slope of a beam subjected to various loads, Relation between slopes.
1.8 Various theories of elastic failures with derivations.
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Unit II - PLANAR KINEMATICS OF RIGID BODIES, MOBILITY AND
RANGE OF MOVEMENT PLANAR

2.1 Introduction.
2.2 Plane Motion a particle.
2.3 Plane Motion of a Rigid Body
2.4 Velocity and Acceleration Images
2.5 Instantaneously Coincident Points
2.6 Instantaneous Center of Velocity
2.7 Aronhold-Kennedy theorem
2.8 Fixed and Moving Centrodes
2.9 IC Velocity
2.10 Theory of Path Curvature - The Inflection Circle, The Euler-Savary Equation,
The Cubic of Stationary Curvature, and Ball’s Point
MOBILITY AND RANGE OF MOVEMENT
2.11 Kutzbach Equation and Grubler Criterion
2.12 Applications of Grubler Criterion – Minimum Number of Binary Links, Highest
Order Link in an n-Link Mechanism, Number Synthesis.
2.13 Failure of Mobility Criteria
2.14 Grashof Criterion.
Inversions of a Grashof Chain
Inversions of a Non-Grashof Chain
Inversions of Chains with Uncertainty (Folding) Positions
Extension of Grashof Criterion
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Unit III - DISPLACEMENT ANALYSIS, VELOCITY AND ACCELERATION
ANALYSIS
DISPLACEMENT ANALYSIS
3.1 Graphical Method
3.2 Analytical Method
3.3 Input-Output Curves of 4R Linkages
3.4 Transmission Angle

VELOCITY AND ACCELERATION ANALYSIS


3.5 Velocity Analysis (Graphical Method)
Fundamental Aspects
Method of Instantaneous Centres
Method of Velocity Difference.
Auxiliary Point Method

3.6 Acceleration Analysis (Graphical Methods)


Some Fundamental Aspects
Method of Acceleration Difference
Method of Normal Component
Auxiliary Point Method
Goodman's Indirect Method.
Method Using Euler-Savary Equation
3.7 Kinematic Analysis (Analytical Method)

UNIT IV - DIMENSIONAL SYNTHESIS


4.1 Classification of Synthesis Problems
4.2 Exact and Approximate Synthesis
Choice of Precision Points
4.3 Graphical Methods (Three Positions).
Motion Generation.
Path Generation
Function Generation.
Relative Poles
Dead-Center Problems
4.4 Graphical Methods (Four Positions)
Point-position Reduction
Application of Burmester Theory
4.5 Analytical Methods (3 Position)
Bloch's Method
Freudenstein's Method
4.6 Analytical Methods (Four Positions)
Bloch's Method
Freudenstein's Method
4.7 Optimisation Method
4.8 Branch and Order Defects
4.9 Mechanical Errors
Deterministic Approach
Stochastic Approach
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Unit V - SPHERICAL AND SPATIAL LINKAGES, CAM


MECHANISMS, GEARS
5.1 Degrees of Freedom.
5.2 Displacement Equation (Analytic Geometry)
5.3 Matrix Method
Coordinate Transformation
Link Coordinate System
Derivation of Homogeneous Transformation Matrix
Displacement Analysis
5.4 Velocity and Acceleration Analysis
5.5 Kinematic Synthesis
5.6 Mobility Analysis
Type Identification of an R-S-S-R Linkage
Limit Position Analysis
5.7 Principle of Transference.
Dual Number
Dual Angle
Displacement Equation of an R-C-C-C Linkage
CAM MECHANISMS
5.8 Types and Fundamentals of Cam Mechanisms.
Types of Plane Cam Mechanisms
Basic Features and Nomenclature
Pressure Angle
5.9 Follower Movement and Displacement Diagram
Displacement Functions
Uniform Motion
Simple Harmonic Motion
Parabolic or Piecewise Uniform Acceleration Motion
Cycloidal Motion
Polynomial Functions
5.10 Determination of Basic Dimensions
Translating Flat-Face Follower
Translating Roller Follower
Flocke's Method
5.11 Cam Synthesis (Graphical Approach).
Radial Translating Follower
Offset Translating Follower
Oscillating Follower
5.12 Cam Synthesis (Analytical Approach)
Flat-Face Translating Follower
Translating Roller Follower
Oscillating Flat-Face Follower
Oscillating Roller Follower.
5.13 Spatial Cam Mechanisms
Basic Features of Cylindrical Cam Mechanism
Graphical Synthesis of Cylindrical Cams
Analytical Synthesis of Cylindrical Cams
GEARS
5.14 Gear Tooth Action and the Law of Gearing
Fundamental Law of Gearing
Path of Contact, Pitch Circle and Line of Action
Circular Pitch, Diametral Pitch and Module
5.15 Involute Spur Gears
Involute Teeth Action
Involute Nomenclature
Involutometry
Advantages of Involute Teeth
5.16 Characteristics of Involute Action.
Contact Ratio.
Interference and Undercutting
Standardization of Involute Gears
Minimum Number of Teeth
Backlash
Sliding Phenomenon of Gear Teeth
5.17 Internal Gears
Advantage and Disadvantages
Internal Gear Tooth Shape
Contact Ratio, Interference, Secondary Interference and Undercutting
5.18 Noncircular Gears
Determination of Pitch Curves
Tooth Profile of Noncircular Gears
5.19 Helical Gears
Geometry of Helical Gears
Equivalent Spur gear and virtual number of teeth
Parallel helical gear
Crossed Helical Gear
5.20 Bevel Gear
5.21 Worm Gear
5.22 Gear Trains
Simple Gear Trains
Compound Gear Trains
Epicyclic Gear Trains

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