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Summary
Summary
In the field of mechanism design, kinematic synthesis is a creative means to produce mechanism solutions. Combined with the emergence of powerful personal computers, mathematical analysis software and the development of quantitative methods for kinematic synthesis, there is an endless variety of possible mechanism solutions that users are free to explore, realize, and evaluate for any given problem in an efficient and practical manner.
Mechanism Design: Visual and Programmable Approaches provides a broad introduction to kinematic synthesis, presenting and applying motion , path , and function generation methodologies for some of the most basic planar and spatial single and multi-loop linkage systems. This work provides numerous in-chapter synthesis examples and end-of-chapter synthesis problems. Users can also invent their own specialized synthesis problems according to their particular interests.
The commercial mathematical software package MATLAB®and its mechanical system modeling and simulation module SimMechanics®are thoroughly integrated in this textbook for mechanism synthesis and analysis. The reader is therefore enabled to readily apply the design approaches presented in this textbook to synthesize mechanism systems and visualize their results. With this knowledge of both kinematic synthesis theory and computer-based application , readers will be well-equipped to invent novel mechanical system designs for a wide range of applications.
Table of Contents
| Introduction to Kinematics |
| Kinematics |
| Kinematic Chains and Mechanisms |
| Mobility |
| Mobility of Mechanisms |
| Planar Mechanism Types |
| Links, Joints, and Mechanism Mobility |
| Number Synthesis |
| Grashof's Criteria and Transmission Angle |
| Kinematics of Planar Mechanisms |
| Kinematic Analysis of Planar Mechanisms |
| Four-Bar Mechanism Analysis |
| Slider-Crank Mechanism Analysis |
| Multiloop Mechanism Analysis |
| Kinematics of Mechanism Locations of Interest |
| Solution Method for Vector Loop Kinematic Equations |
| Planar Kinematic Modeling in MATLAB ® and SimMechanics ® |
| Kinematic Synthesis and Planar Four-Bar Motion Generation |
| Introduction to Kinematic Synthesis |
| Branch and Order Defects |
| Motion Generation: Three, Four, and Five Precision Positions |
| Branch and Order Defect Elimination: Three, Four, and Five Precision Positions |
| Planar Four-Bar and Multiloop Path and Motion Generation |
| Path Generation versus Motion Generation |
| Coupler Curves and Dwell Motion |
| Approximate Four-Bar Path and Motion Generation |
| Alternate Four-Bar Kinematic Equations |
| Alternate Approximate Four-Bar Motion and Path Generation Equations |
| Constructing Cognates |
| Analytical and Approximate Multiloop Path and Motion Generation |
| Planar Four-Bar Function Generation |
| Introduction to Function Generation |
| Function Generation: Three, Four, and Five Precision Points |
| Approximate Function Generation |
| Velocity and Acceleration Constraints for Function Generation |
| Function Generation with Finite and Multiply Separated Positions |
| Approximate Function Generation with Finite and Multiply Separated Positions |
| Spatial Mechanism Kinematics and Synthesis |
| Introduction to Spatial Four-Bar Mechanisms |
| RRSS and 4R Spherical Mechanism Analysis |
| RSSR and 4R Spherical Mechanism Analysis |
| Approximate RRSS and 4R Spherical Motion and Path Generation |
| Approximate RSSR and 4R Spherical Function Generation |
| RSSR-SS Mechanism Analysis |
| R-S Dyad and Approximate RSSR-SS Motion Generation |
| Spatial Kinematic Modeling in MATLAB® and SimMechanics® |
| Adjustable Planar and Spherical Four-Bar Mechanism Synthesis |
| Introduction to Adjustable Mechanism Synthesis |
| Approximate Adjustable Planar Four-Bar Motion Generation |
| Approximate Adjustable Planar Four-Bar Motion and Path Generation: Alternate Equations |
| Approximate Adjustable Planar Four-Bar Function Generation |
| Approximate Adjustable 4R Spherical Motion Generation |
| Approximate Adjustable 4R Spherical Motion and Path Generation: Alternate Equations |
| Appendices: User Instructions for MATLAB ® and SimMechanics ® Files |
| Analytical Planar Four-Bar Four-Position Synthesis and Five-Position Synthesis in MATLAB ® |
| Approximate Planar Four-Bar and Multi-Loop Motion and Path Generation in MATLAB ® |
| Approximate Planar Four-Bar Function Generation in MATLAB ® |
| Approximate Planar Four-Bar Function Generation with Finite and Multiply-Separated Positions MATLAB ® |
| Approximate Four-Bar Spatial, Spherical and Multi-Loop Motion, Path and Function Generation in MATLAB ® |
| Approximate Adjustable Four-Bar Planar and Spherical Motion, Path and Function Generation in MATLAB ® |
| Planar, Spatial and Multi-Loop Mechanism Kinematic Modeling and Simulation in SimMechanics ® |
