Mechanics of Machines
What is a spur gear ?
Spur gears are the most easily visualized common gears that transmit motion between two parallel shafts. Because of…
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Mechanics of Machines
INVOLUTE GEAR PROFILE
Involute Tooth Profile Imagine pulleys with simple indentations on their periphery equally spaced by pitch.These pulleys, when moved,…
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Law of Gearing
Consider the portions of the two teeth, one on the wheel 1 (or pinion) and the other on…
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Gear Terminology
Pitch: The size of each tooth on the gear. Teeth: The number of teeth on the gear. Material:…
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Classification of cams and followers
Basic shapes Types of follower movement Manner of constraints of the follower Classification according to basic shapes of…
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Cams
A cam is a mechanical member used to produce desired motion to a follower by direct contact. The…
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Velocity and Acceleration Polygon
Procedure to sketch an Acceleration polygon: It is very important to remember the rules of vector addition and…
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KINEMATIC INVERSION
Inversions of mechanism: A mechanism is one in which one of the links of a kinematic chain is fixed.…
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Mechanism Of A Machine
According to the definition, both forces and motions are transmitted and modified in a machine. The way in which…
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WHAT IS STEAM TURBINE ?
The steam turbine is one kind of heat engine machine in which steam’s heat energy is converted to mechanical work.The…
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