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Gear Terminology
Pitch: The size of each tooth on the gear. Teeth: The number of teeth on the gear. Material: What the…
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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 the cams:…
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Cams
A cam is a mechanical member used to produce desired motion to a follower by direct contact. The cam may…
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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 vector subtraction.…
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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. Different mechanisms…
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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 the parts…
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EQUIVALENT STIFFNESS OF SPRING
(1) Springs in series (2) Springs in parallel (3) Combined springs (4) Inclined springs DAMPING: It is the resistance to the motion of a…
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TYPES OF VIBRATORY MOTION
· Free Vibration · Forced Vibration TERMS USED VIBRATORY MOTION: (a)Time period (or)period of vibration: It is the time taken by a…
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SINGLE DEGREE FREE VIBRATION
INTRODUCTION: When a system is subjected to an initial disturbance and then left free to vibrate on its own, the…
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RESPONSE WITHOUT DAMPING
The amplitude of the force transmitted to the foundations is Where k is the Stiffness of the support and x(t) is the displacement of…
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VIBRATION ISOLATION AND TRANSMISSIBILITY
When a machine is operating, it is subjected to several time varying forces because of which it tends to exhibit…
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FORCED VIBRATION WITH DAMPING
In this section we will see the behaviour of the spring mass damper model when we add a harmonic force…