The aim of this book is to motivate students into learning Machine Analysis by reinforcing theory and applications throughout the text. The author uses an enthusiastic ‘hands-on’ approach by including photos of actual mechanisms in place of abstract line illustrations, and directs students towards developing their own software for mechanism analysis using Excel & Matlab.
Chapter 1: Introductory Concepts
Chapter 2: Essential Kinematics Concepts
Chapter 3: Linkage Position Analysis
Chapter 4: Linkage Velocity and Acceleration Analysis
Chapter 5: Linkage Synthesis
Chapter 6: Computational Methods for Linkage Mechanism Kinematics
Chapter 7: Gear Analysis
Chapter 8: Gear Trains
Chapter 9: Cams
Chapter 10: Vibration Theory
Chapter 11: Dynamic Force Analysis
Chapter 12: Balancing of Machinery
Chapter 13: Applications of Machine Dynamics
Appendix A: Center of Mass
Appendix B: Moments of Inertia
Appendix C: Fourier Series
