ME 442 Machinery Dynamics Assigned on: 17/02/2017

Spring 2016 2017 Quiz on: 24/02/2017

HOMEWORK #1

1. Determine the degrees of freedom of the following structures/mechanisms.

(a)

(b)

(c)
ME 442 Machinery Dynamics Assigned on: 17/02/2017
Spring 2016 2017 Quiz on: 24/02/2017

HOMEWORK #1

2. Determine if the following linkages are mechanisms or structures. If they are structures, how
can you convert them to a 1-DOF mechanism? If they are mechanisms with a degree of freedom
higher than 1, how can you reduce the degrees of freedom to 1?
(a) (b)

(c) (d)
ME 442 Machinery Dynamics Assigned on: 17/02/2017
Spring 2016 2017 Quiz on: 24/02/2017

HOMEWORK #1

3. Determine the degrees of freedom of the following mechanism for the case when the transporter
wheels are locked and there is no log in the claw. How would the degrees of freedom change if
there is a tightly-held log in the claw?
ME 442 Machinery Dynamics Assigned on: 17/02/2017
Spring 2016 2017 Quiz on: 24/02/2017

HOMEWORK #1

4. Give all the kinematic inversion of the mechanism shown below.