Synthesis of Mechanisms
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ME312 SYNTHESIS OF MECHANISMS
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Content:
Introduction, tasks of Kinematics Synthesis, Type synthesis, Tools of dimensional synthesis, Graphical
synthesis:  Motion  generation-two  and  three  prescribed  motions,  Path  generation -  three  prescribed
positions,  prescribed  timings,  four  positions  without  prescribed  timings,  Function  Generator:  Three
prescribed points, Introduction to Analytical synthesis, Standard Dyad form, three prescribed positions for
motion, path and function generation, circle, point and center-point circles, Freudenstein’s equations for
three point function generation, order synthesis, coupler curves for four-link, slider-crank and inverted
slider-crank mechanisms, Application of coupler curves in design of six-link mechanism, Coupler cognate
mechanisms.
