Unit 1: Simple Mechanism

Topics

• Introduction kinematics and kinetics →
• concept of kinematic links basic terminology →
• types of motion kinematic joint kinematic pair →
• mechanisms and machines degree of freedom →
• Mobility Kutzbach criterion Gruebler’s equation Grashoff's law →
• kinematic chains →
• inversions of four bar chain mechanism →
• single slider crank mechanism →
• double sliders crank mechanism →