Analysis and synthesis of mechanism
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The official GTU curriculum for Analysis and synthesis of mechanism (subject code ME01000501) as prescribed for CADA · Semester 1 divides the course into 6 units, covering 31 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (ME01000501)Unit 1 Basic Concepts
- Definitions and assumptions
- planar and spatial mechanisms
- kinematic pairs
- degree of freedom
- equivalent mechanisms
- Kinematic Analysis of Planar Mechanisms
- Review of graphical and analytical methods of velocity and acceleration analysis of kinematically simple mechanisms
- analysis of complex mechanisms by the normal acceleration and auxiliary-point methods
Unit 2 Curvature Theory
- Fixed and moving centrodes
- inflection circle
- Euler-Savary equation
- Bobillier constructions
- cubic of stationary curvature
- Ball’s point
- Applications in dwell mechanisms
Unit 3 Kinematic Synthesis of planar mechanisms
- accuracy (precision) points
- Chebyshev spacing
- types of errors
- Graphical synthesis for function generation and rigid body guidance with two, three and four accuracy points using pole method
- centre and circle point curves
- Analytical synthesis of four-bar and slider-crank mechanisms
Unit 4 Synthesis of Four bar Mechanisms
- Freudenstein’s equation
- synthesis for four and five accuracy points
- compatibility condition
- synthesis of four-bar for prescribed angular velocities and accelerations using complex numbers
- three accuracy point synthesis using complex numbers
Unit 5 Coupler Curves
- Equation of coupler curve
- Robert-Chebyshev theorem
- double points and symmetry
Unit 6 Kinematic Analysis of Spatial Mechanisms
- Denavit-Hartenberg parameters
- matrix method of analysis of spatial mechanisms