| Topics | ||||||||||
| Week 1 | Introduction and history of mechanisms; basic definitions |
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| Week 2 | Kutzbach's equations; Grubler's criterion; number synthesis of planar constrained mechanisms with simple hinges |
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| Week 3 | Kinematic inversions and Grashof's linkages; kinematic analysis for computers |
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| Week 4 | Extension of kinematic analysis to find velocity and acceleartion; demonstration of implementing equations derived in Week 3 in MATLAB |
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| Monday, 26 January 2022 | Group Assignment 1 | |||||||||
| Monday, 26 January 2022 | Assignment 1 | |||||||||
| Monday, 26 January 2022 | No class | |||||||||
| Week 5 | Graphical analysis | |||||||||
| Quiz 1 (2nd March, 4 PM) |