NPTEL : Theory of Mechanism (Mechanical Engineering)

Co-ordinators : Prof. Sujatha Srinivasan


Lecture 1 - Review of Kinematics Fundamentals-I

Lecture 2 - Links, Pairs, Kinematic Chains; Planar Mobility Criterion

Lecture 3 - Mobility of Mechanisms, Grubler's Criterion and Applications

Lecture 4 - Inversions, Grashof Criterion, Kinematic equivalence

Lecture 5 - Linkage Synthesis Classification, 2-position Motion Generation

Lecture 6 - Driver dyad, Quick-return synthesis - I

Lecture 7 - Quick-return synthesis - II, 3-position Motion Generation

Lecture 8 - Specified fixed pivots, Path generation

Lecture 9 - Function generation

Lecture 10 - Function generation using relative poles

Lecture 11 - Structural Error, and Chebyshev Spacing

Lecture 12 - Chebyshev Spacing

Lecture 13 - Analytical Linkage Synthesis-I: Vector Loop Closure, Freudenstein's method

Lecture 14 - Analytical Linkage Synthesis-II: Bloch's method, Driver Dyad

Lecture 15 - Four-bar Position Analysis, Dyad or Standard Form Synthesis

Lecture 16 - Dyad Form Synthesis: Motion Generation

Lecture 17 - Dyad Form Synthesis: Path and Function Generation

Lecture 18 - Dyad Form Synthesis: Multi loop linakges

Lecture 19 - Dyad Form Synthesis: Four Position Motion Generation

Lecture 20 - Coupler Curves - I

Lecture 21 - Coupler Curves - II, Fixed and Moving Centrodes

Lecture 22 - Coupler Curves - III, Symmetrical Coupler Curves

Lecture 23 - Roberts-Chebyshev Theorem

Lecture 24 - Cognates

Lecture 25 - Velocity Analysis: Review of Velocity Polygons

Lecture 26 - Velocity Analysis: Velocity Polygons (Continued...) and Instant Centres

Lecture 27 - Velocity Analysis: Auxiliary Point Method

Lecture 28 - Auxiliary Point Method: (Continued...)

Lecture 29 - Velocity and Acceleration Analysis: Analytical Method

Lecture 30 - Acceleration Analysis: Analytical Method (Continued...)

Lecture 31 - Acceleration Analysis: Auxiliary Point Method

Lecture 32 - Force Analysis of Mechanisms, Mechanical Advantage

Lecture 33 - Force Analysis of Mechanisms - II

Lecture 34 - Balancing of Mechanisms using Counterweights

Lecture 35 - Balancing of Mechanisms using Springs

Lecture 36 - Spatial Mechanisms

Lecture 37 - Introduction to the Kinematics of Spatial Mechanisms