ME 3610: Dynamics of Machinery

Reference Notes

The notes below are Word Document files.

Topic 1: Overview of the history of machines, mechanisms and kinematics
Topic 2: Kinematics, the fundamentals
Topic 3: Mechanism Analysis: modeling and position analysis
Topic 4: Closed form solutions to Loop Closure Equations
Topic 5: Velocity and acceleration analysis of mechanisms (pdf)
Topic 6: Linkage Synthesis (pdf)
Topic 7: Gear Systems: Analysis

Topic 6: Linkage Synthesis (pdf) (12/13/06)
Topic 8: Cams (pdf) (12/13/06)

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