Linkage models at TU-Delft
Prof. A. J. Klein Breteler maintains an array of mechanism models at TU-Delft. Access videos of these models at the site: Linkage Models
Linkage models TU-Delft
Lecture notes on specific topics.
Elementary Robotics
The basic properties of robots can developed by studying planar serial chains. Select this link for my notes on elementary robotics:
http://synthetica.eng.uci.edu/mechanicaldesign101/McCarthyNotes-5.pdf
Elementary Robotics
CMU’s Introduction to Mechanisms
Yi Zhang, Susan Finger and Stephannie Behrens have prepared an on-line introduction to mechanisms consisting of eight chapters and almost 100 figures. Access it at the link:
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rapidproto/mechanisms/tablecontents.html
Four-bar linkage analysis: Slider-crank
The slider-crank is an important mechanism with a wide range of applications. Here are my notes on its kinematic analysis.
http://synthetica.eng.uci.edu/mechanicaldesign101/McCarthyNotes-3.pdf
Slider-crank analysis
Four-bar linkage analysis: 4R quadrilateral
The four-bar linkage is a basic machine component. It comes in two primary forms the 4R quadridlateral and the slider-crank. Here are my notes for the analysis of the 4R quadrilateral.
http://synthetica.eng.uci.edu/mechanicaldesign101/McCarthyNotes-2.pdf
Four-bar linkage analysis
DC motor torque and power
A copy of my notes on DC motor torque and power can be downloaded at the link:
http://synthetica.eng.uci.edu/mechanicaldesign101/McCarthyNotes-1.pdf
Motor Torque and Power
DC motor basics
The basic principles of DC motors are presented by Joe Wolfe of the University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia) at the link:
http://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au/jw/electricmotors.html
Phyclips from UNSW
Northwestern University (Chicago, Illinois) presents the basics of a DC motor in the Wiki page:
http://hades.mech.northwestern.edu/index.php/Brushed_DC_Motor_Theory
Northwestern University Wiki page
Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing
This is a link to notes on Geometric Design and Tolerancing by Prof. Graeme Britton of Raffles Design Institute, Singapore.
Prof. Britton\’s Notes on GD&T
A pdf version of Prof. Britton’s lecture is available at:
http://synthetica.eng.uci.edu/mechanicaldesign101/GDandT.pdf
Here is another excellent set of notes from the Technical College of New Jersey on geometric dimensioning and tolerancing.
C. J. Sangwin’s linkage movies
Chris Sangwin has a nice collection of linkage movies at How round is your circle?.
Particularly nice are the straight line mechanisms such as Hart’s second straight-line mechanism.
His example of the Sarrus linkage is also found on YouTube:
Brock Engineering’s mechanism home page
Fred Klingener has generated a number of interesting mechanism animations. My favorite is the Peaucellier straight line mechanism. You will find a table of 16 or so animations at his site:
http://www.brockeng.com/mechanism/index.htm
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