Overview
- Includes several examples (solved in GeoGebra and Excel) to enable readers how to apply the methods in practice
- Serves as a teaching tool for graduate students in mechanical engineering and engineers working on mechanical design
- Presents the basics of kinematic synthesis of mechanisms
Part of the book series: Mechanisms and Machine Science (Mechan. Machine Science, volume 131)
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This textbook covers classical geometrical methods and modern analytical methods in kinematic synthesis of mechanisms. The methods discussed are all implemented geometrically using Geogebra and analytically using Excel®; two readily available tools for personal computers. After a brief history on how the machine science has developed throughout history from the viewpoint of mechanism design, the chapters explain two, three, four and five position synthesis of mechanisms in detail respectively. Geometrical and analytical methods of guiding a rigid body between the given positions, path generation with prescribed timing and correlation of crank angles are covered. Analytical methods are explained using complex numbers. Using relative motion concept, the position synthesis of six-link mechanisms is also taken into account. Roberts-Chebyshev theorem is described and proved, and the use of the theorem in practice is shown. Converting a continuous rotary motion into an oscillating orreciprocating motion has been the main task starting with the windmill or water wheel. The book also explains the design of such mechanisms, and the analytical methods developed for the correlation of crank angles and function generation. Freudenstein’s equation for three, four and five precision points and least squares method for function generation using Freudenstein’s equation are explained. Developments made in Russian school on mechanism synthesis starting with Chebyshev are discussed. Finally, application of optimization in mechanism design is shown with examples. Solver tool as an add-in in Excel® is used, which provides a simple, fast and easy-to-use platform for the optimization of mechanisms.
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Eres Söylemez is Emeritus at Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, where he was professor of mechanical engineering. He served as director of Defence Industries Research and Development Institute, Turkey, and as Mechanical Engneering Department Chairman at the Middle East Technical University.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Kinematic Synthesis of Mechanisms
Book Subtitle: Using Excel® and Geogebra
Authors: Eres Söylemez
Series Title: Mechanisms and Machine Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-30955-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-30954-0Published: 03 August 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-30957-1Due: 03 September 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-30955-7Published: 02 August 2023
Series ISSN: 2211-0984
Series E-ISSN: 2211-0992
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 497
Number of Illustrations: 470 b/w illustrations, 114 illustrations in colour
Topics: Machinery and Machine Elements, Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control, Algebraic Geometry