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Mechanical Mechanisms

Course Code :
MAN 311
Level :
Undergraduate
Course Hours :
3.00 Hours
Department :
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Instructor information :

Title:Associate Professor
Name: Hassan Mohamed Shams Eldin Elsayed Eleashy
Office hours:8-Hours

Area of Study :

 Prepare student to analyze position, displacement, velocity and acceleration for planar mechanisms.  Develop students’ knowledge about different types of standard cams and equivalent mechanisms.  Train student to perform force analysis of planar mechanisms, gear trains and applications to engine balancing machines.

For further information :

Telephone: 16383 (16FUE)
E-mail: [email protected]

Mechanical Mechanisms

Kinematics Fundamentals: geometry of motion and mechanism topology, Linkage mechanisms and planar robots: position, displacement, velocity, and acceleration (Graphical, Analytical and Computers Assisted Methods), Cam-follower mechanisms: design and analysis (Graphical, Analytical and Computers Assisted Methods), Standard cams and equivalent mechanisms, Kinematics of gear trains: gears terminology, simple, compound, and planetary gear trains, Dynamics fundamentals: force analysis of mechanisms, Applications to engine balancing machines, Applications and use of Computers for Mechanism Simulation and Animation.

For further information :

Telephone: 16383 (16FUE)
E-mail: [email protected]

Mechanical Mechanisms

Course outcomes:

a. Knowledge and Understanding:

1-	Define various parts involved in kinematics of machines for different applications.
2-	Identify requirements and the design aspects of basic machine elements.
3-	Describe different types of cams and followers.
4-	Estimates different methods to identify velocity, acceleration and force analysis of planar mechanisms.
5-	Define the fundamentals of the theory of kinematics and dynamics of machines

b. Intellectual Skills:

1-	Analyze various cam motion profiles and follower mechanism, their classification and design based on the prescribed follower motion.
2-	Construct different types of gear trains mechanisms.
3-	Evaluate the planar mechanisms to overcome the existing forces.

c. Professional and Practical Skills:

1-	Prepare a schematic drawing of a real-world mechanism.
2-	Practice graphical methods to study the motion of a planar mechanism.
3-	Use computer software to study the motion of a mechanism.
4-	Demonstrate the common mechanisms used in machines and everyday life.
5-	Apply graphical and analytical techniques for analysis of different mechanism types.

d. General and Transferable Skills:

1-	Demonstrate efficient IT capabilities.
2-	Efficiently manage tasks, time and resources.

For further information :

Telephone: 16383 (16FUE)
E-mail: [email protected]

Mechanical Mechanisms

Course topics and contents:

Topic	No. of hours	Lecture	Tutorial/Practical
Introduction to kinematics Fundamentals, Geometry of motion and mechanism topology, Linkage mechanisms and planar. robots	8	4	4
Velocity and acceleration analysis of any point on linkage for a plane motion.	12	6	6
Cam-follower mechanisms: design and analysis (Graphical, Analytical and Computers Assisted Methods).	10	6	4
Analysis of some standard cams and equivalent mechanisms.	10	4	6
Kinematics of gear trains: gears terminology, simple, compound, and planetary gear trains	8	4	4
Dynamics fundamentals: force analysis of mechanisms	4	2	2
Balancing of rotating masses.	4	2	2
Project follow -up.	4	2	2