DYNAMICS
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Linear and Angular Motion
Distance, Velocity and Acceleration -Relationships.
Newton's Laws of Motion
Momentum and Impulse for Linear and Angular Motion
Coefficient of Restitution
Collisions Between Bodies.
Pile Drivers
Centripetal Force and Acceleration
The affect on Moving Machines
Vehicles sliding and overturning on bends
Stress and Strain Induced by Centrifugal force.
Precession
Angular momentum
Gyroscopic torque
Gyroscopic affects on vehicles
Angular motion
Moment of inertia
Radius of gyration
Newton's laws
Inertia torque
Angular kinetic energy
Problems involving energy conversion
Inertia force
Inertia forces in mechanisms
The effect of friction
The system approach to solving problems
KINEMATICS - VELOCITY/ACCELERATION DIAGRAMS
Mechanisms
Velocity and Acceleration Diagrams.
Motion of Piston, Con. Rod and Crank
Four Bar Chains.
Graphical and Mathematical Methods.
Inertia Forces.
Coriolis Acceleration/Sliding Links
Wheel/belt Speeds
Friction on Curved Surface.
Power Transmitted.
Effect of Centrifugal Force.
Maximum Power Transmitted.
Balancing a simple disc.
Static balance and dynamic Balance.
Coplanar balance.
Balancing in four planes.
Reciprocating machine balancing.
A short tutorial covering the sudden coupling of two freely rotating bodies.
A short tutorial covering flywheels needed to limit the speed of machines subjected to a fluctuating torque.
This tutorial covers simple gear trains, compound gears and epicyclic gear boxes.
How to calculate gear ratios, power transmission and holding torque.
This tutorial covers simple CONE and FLAT PLATE clutches. The theories of constant pressure and constant wear are investigated. Problems involve maximum torque and power transmission.
5 Tutorials covering most aspects of mechanical vibrations:-
Natural Vibrations
Free Damped Vibrations
Forced Vibrations
Torsional Virations