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    This document provides information about the ME331 Theory of Machines course taught by Dr. Kamran Shah at King Faisal University. It discusses the Grashof condition, a test used to predict the rotational behavior of four-bar linkages based on the relative link lengths. Specifically, it provides the criteria that the sum of the shortest and longest links must be less than or equal to the sum of the other two links for the linkage to be considered Grashof and have at least one full rotation. An example calculation is also presented.

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    This document provides information about the ME331 Theory of Machines course taught by Dr. Kamran Shah at King Faisal University. It discusses the Grashof condition, a test used to predict the rotational behavior of four-bar linkages based on the relative link lengths. Specifically, it provides the criteria that the sum of the shortest and longest links must be less than or equal to the sum of the other two links for the linkage to be considered Grashof and have at least one full rotation. An example calculation is also presented.

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    ME331: Theory of Machines

    Dr. Kamran Shah


    Department of Mechanical Engineering
    King Faisal University

    Room No.1095
    ksshah@kfu.edu.sa
    Course Information: Grading
    Gruebler Paradoxes

    Greubler criterion does not


    include geometry, so it can
    give wrong prediction,
    usually when things are
    the same
    Course Information: Exams
    Inversion
    • Act of grounding a different link in a kinematic chain
    • Usually produces different motions from the mechanism.
    Grashof Condition

    • Condition used to predict rotational behavior/motion of four bar linkage based on


    link lengths.
    • S=length of shortest link
    • L=length of longest link
    • P,Q=length of other two links
    • If S+L≤P+Q the linkage is Grashof with at least one link capable of making a
    complete rotation
    • Otherwise, the linkage is non-Grashof with no link capable of making a complete
    rotation relative to ground
    Grashof Condition- Example

    • Calculate the Grashof condition of the four-bar mechanism: L1 = 83,


    L2=25, L3 = 54, L4 = 92

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