Papers by Keyword: Vector Loop Equation

Abstract: In industry, the special kind of trajectory is often designed to fit the desired motion required. In literature, four-bar mechanism is popularly applied and well studied in the trajectory generation. Different types of trajectories are generated by the choose of the ratio of links. The five-bar mechanism is another popular one to generate the desired trajectory and it is more flexible due to it has two degrees of freedom. The geared five-bar mechanism is then commonly used by reducing the degree of freedom of the mechanism into one by implied one pair of gear. In this study, the trajectories generated by a novel cam driven five-bar mechanism proposed by the authors are investigated. It could supply more choices in the application of trajectory generation.

Abstract: This paper mainly addressed the kinematics simulation of the Slider-Crank mechanism. After proposing a mathematical model for the forward displacement of the slider-crank mechanism, the mathematical models for the forward velocity and acceleration of the slider-crank mechanism are constructed, respectively and the simulation models for the forward kinematics of the slider-crank mechanism are constituted in the Matlab/Simulink simulation platform. Finally the forward kinematics simulation of the slider-crank mechanism was successfully accomplished based on Matlab/Simulink. Examples of the simulation for the forward kinematics of a slider-crank mechanism are given to demonstrate the above-mentioned theoretical results.