Linkage Position Analysis

Lecture 8

Love Thy Computer!

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Computer Programs
Working Model Fourbar Fivebar Sixbar Slider Pro/Engineer and Symech Mathcad or Matlab or TKSolver
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Types of Motion
Pure Translation
All points have same displacement

Pure Rotation
Different points have different displacement

Complex Motion
Simultaneous translation and rotation

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Coordinate Systems
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Coordinate Systems:
GCS = Global Coordinate System, (X, Y) LNCS = Local Non-Rotating Coordinate System , (x, y) LRCS = Local Rotating Coordinate System , (x, y)
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Complex Numbers as Vectors

To convert from polar to Cartesian form, use the

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Vector Loop Fourbar Linkage

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Position of a Point on a Link

y
Rp
RA

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Quiz 2

Vector Loop Slider Crank

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Vector Loop Inverted SC

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