Description Theory of Machines and Mechanisms, Fifth Edition, is an ideal text for the complete study of displacements, velocities, accelerations, and static and dynamic forces required for the proper design of mechanical linkages, cams, and geared systems. The authors present the background, notation, and nomenclature essential for students to understand the various independent technical approaches that exist in the field of mechanisms, kinematics, and dynamics. The fifth edition features streamlined coverage and substantially revised worked examples. This latest edition also includes a greater number of problems, suitable for in-class discussion or homework, at the end of each chapter.
Offers balanced coverage of all topics by both graphic and analytic methods
Covers all major analytic approaches
Provides high-accuracy graphical solutions to exercises, by use of CAD software
Includes the method of kinematic coefficients and also integrates the coverage of linkages, cams, and geared systems
An Ancillary Resource Center (ARC) offers an Instructor's Solutions Manual, solutions to 100 of the problems from the text using MatLab, and PowerPoint lecture slides
A Companion Website includes more than 100 animations of key figures from the text
Table of Contents
Preface
About the Authors
PART 1. KINEMATICS AND MECHANISMS
1. The World of Mechanisms
2. Position, Posture, and Displacement
3. Velocity
4. Acceleration
5. Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Planar Linkages
PART 2. DESIGN OF MECHANISMS
6. Cam Design
7. Spur Gears
8. Helical Gears, Bevel Gears, Worms, and Worm Gears
9. Synthesis of Linkages
10. Spatial Mechanisms and Robotics
PART 3. DYNAMICS OF MACHINES
11. Static Force Analysis
12. Dynamic Force Analysis
13. Vibration Analysis
14. Dynamics of Reciprocating Engines
15. Balancing
16. Flywheels, Governors, and Gyroscopes
APPENDICES Appendix A: Tables
Table 1 Standard SI Prefixes
Table 2 Conversion from US Customary Units to SI Units
Table 3 Conversion from SI Units to US Customary Units
Table 4 Areas and Area Moments of Inertia
Table 5 Mass and Mass Moments of Inertia
Table 6 Involute Function Appendix B: Answers to Selected Problems Index