MECH324
- Course Goals
- Develop
comfort using mechanism-related terminology.
- Learn how to identify and
specify various types of mechanisms including linkages and cams.
- Gain
an understanding and appreciation for the importance of mechanisms in machine
design.
- Develop a more solid background in the fundamentals of kinematics
and dynamics.
- Learn how to analyze and synthesize linkages.
- Learn
how to perform position, velocity, acceleration, and force analyses for various
mechanisms.
- Learn how to design a cam for a given motion specification.
- Learn
the basics of rotor balancing.
- Learn the basics of 1 DOF spring-mass-damper
system response (vibration).