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| In Memory | |
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| Preface | |
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| Introduction to Kinematics and Mechanisms | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Motion | |
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| The Four-Bar Linkage | |
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| Relative Motion | |
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| Kinematic Diagrams | |
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| Six-Bar Chains | |
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| Degrees of Freedom | |
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| Analysis versus Synthesis | |
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| Mechanism Design Example: Variable Speed Transmission | |
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| Problems | |
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| Mechanism Design Process | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Seven Stages of Computer-Aided Engineering Design | |
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| How the Seven Stages Relate to This Text | |
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| A Need for Mechanism | |
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| Design Categories and Mechanism Parameters | |
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| Troubleshooting Guide: Symptoms, Causes, and Sources of Assistance | |
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| History of Computer-Aided Mechanism Design | |
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| Displacement and Velocity Analysis | |
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| Displacement Analysis: Useful Indices for Position Analysis of Linkages | |
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| Displacement Analysis: Graphical Method | |
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| Displacement Analysis: Analytical Method | |
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| Concept of Relative Motion | |
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| Velocity Analysis: Graphical Method | |
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| Velocity Analysis: Analytical Method | |
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| Instant Centers | |
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| Velocity Analysis Using Instant Centers | |
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| Mechanical Advantage | |
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| Analytical Method for Velocity and Mechanical Advantage Determination | |
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| Computer Program for the Kinematic Analysis of a Four-Bar Linkage | |
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| Review of Complex Numbers | |
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| Problems | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Acceleration Analysis | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Acceleration Difference | |
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| Relative Acceleration | |
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| Coriolis Acceleration | |
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| Mechanisms with Curved Slots and Higher-Pair Connections | |
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| Problems | |
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| Introduction to Dynamics of Mechanisms | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Inertia Forces in Linkages | |
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| Kinetostatic Analysis of Mechanisms | |
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| The Superposition Method (Graphical and Analytical) | |
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| Design Example: Analysis of a Variable-Speed Drive | |
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| The Matrix Method | |
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| Discussion of the Superposition and Matrix Approach to Kinetostatics | |
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| Time Response to Mechanisms | |
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| Dynamic Simulation of Mechanisms | |
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| Commercial Software Programs | |
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| Problems | |
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| Cam Design | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Cam and Follower Types | |
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| Cam Synthesis | |
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| Displacement Diagrams: Graphical Development | |
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| Displacement Diagrams: Analytical Development | |
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| Advanced Cam Profile Techniques | |
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| Graphical Cam Profile Synthesis | |
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| Analytical Cam Profile Synthesis | |
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| Cam Synthesis for Remote Follower | |
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| Cam-Modulated Linkages | |
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| Problems | |
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| Gears and Gear Trains | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Gear Tooth Nomenclature | |
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| Forming of Gear Teeth | |
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| Gear Trains | |
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| Planetary Gear Trains | |
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| The Formula Method | |
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| The Tabular Method | |
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| The Instant Center Method (or Tangential Velocity Method) | |
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| Tooth Loads and Power Flow in Branching Planetary Gear Systems | |
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| Problems | |
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| Introduction to Kinematic Synthesis: Graphical and Linear Analytical Methods | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Tasks of Kinematic Synthesis | |
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| Type Synthesis | |
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| Tools of Dimensional Synthesis | |
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| Graphical Synthesis--Motion Generation: Two Prescribed Positions | |
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| Graphical Synthesis--Motion Generation: Three Prescribed Positions | |
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| Graphical Synthesis for Path Generation: Three Prescribed Positions | |
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| Path Generation with Prescribed Timing: Three Prescribed Positions | |
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| Graphical Synthesis for Path Generation (without Prescribed Timing): Four Positions | |
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| Function Generator: Three Precision Points | |
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| The Overlay Method | |
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| Analytical Synthesis Techniques | |
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| Introduction to Analytical Synthesis | |
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| The Standard Dyad Form | |
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| Number of Prescribed Positions versus Number of Free Choices | |
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| Three Prescribed Positions for Motion, Path, and Function Generation | |
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| Three-Precision-Point Synthesis Examples | |
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| Circle-Point and Center-Point Circles | |
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| Ground-Pivot Specification | |
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| Extension of Three-Precision-Point Synthesis to Multiloop Mechanisms | |
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| Freudenstein's Equation for Three-Point Function Generation | |
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| Loop-Closure-Equation Technique | |
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| Order Synthesis: Four-Bar Function Generation | |
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| Three-Precision-Point Synthesis: Analytical versus Graphical | |
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| Case Study--Type of Synthesis of Casement Window Mechanisms | |
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| Problems | |
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| Answers to Selected Problems | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |