Covers the syllabus for the Edexcel Higher Unit 11

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OUTCOME 1 - CHARACTERISTICS OF POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS.

TUTORIAL 1 - GEARS Types of Gears Gear Geometry Simple Gear Train Compound Gear Train Epicyclic Gear Train Gear and Torque Ratios Acceleration Torque to Accelerate Gear Trains

TUTORIAL 2 - SCREW THREADS Friction on Inclined Plane. Friction in Screw Threads. Lead Screws Screw Jacks Efficiency of Screw Threads.

TUTORIAL 3 - FLYWHEELS Torque - Angle Diagrams Fluctuation of Energy Smoothing Fluctuating Torque

TUTORIAL 3 - UNIVERSAL JOINT Principles Velocity Ratio Constant Velocity Joint

OUTCOME 2  - KINEMATICS

TUTORIAL 1 - CAMS Forms of Cams and Followers Constant Velocity Profiles Constant Acceleration Profiles Simple Harmonic Motion Profiles Eccentric Cam Straight Sided Cam Circular Arc Sided Cams Springs and Inertia

TUTORIAL 2 -PLANE MECHANISMS Velocity and Acceleration Diagrams Reciprocating Motion Four Bar Chains Graphical and Mathematical methods Inertia Forces in Mechanisms Sliding Links Coriolis Acceleration

TUTORIAL 3 - GYROSCOPES Precession Angular Momentum Gyroscopic Torque Gyroscopic Affects on Vehicles

OUTCOME 3 - MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS

TUTORIAL 1 - NATURAL VIBRATIONS Mass Spring Systems Transverse vibrations Torsional Oscillations Torsion with Two Inertias

TUTORIAL 2 DAMPED VIBRATIONS Second Order Diff Equations Dampers Response to Sudden Displacement Frequency of Damped Vibration Logarithmic Decrement

TUTORIAL 3 FORCED VIBRATIONS Differential Equations Sinusoidal Force Input Sinusoidal Displacement of Support Response Phase Angle and Amplitude