DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING.

UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI PETRONAS

Mechanics of Machines MCB3043

Semester January 2015

SLIDER-ROCKER MECHANISM DESIGN PROJECT

Students are required to undertake a project related to the course materials. The
marks allocated for the projects constitute 10% of the total course marks. The
project will be undertaken by groups of four or five students.
Timeline
Week 11
Week 13
Week 13-14

Thu 26 Mar 2015

Mon 06 Apr 2015
07-17 Apr 2015

Project assignment
Submission of project report
Project presentation

Design Requirement
(Refer to Table 1 for variables and values)
1. A mechanism is to be driven by an electric motor turning at constant
speed and direction. The speed of the motor must be a multiple of 10
rpm.
2. Two motion outputs are required from the mechanism. The motions are all
on a single plane. Their descriptions are as follows:
a. A linear reciprocating motion of a slider along the horizontal axis
with a stroke of S. The expected tolerance is 0.5 mm.
b. A rocking motion with a throw angle of degrees. The expected
tolerance is 1.
3. To reduce the forces in the joints,
a. The coupler ratio of the sliding mechanism must be made greater
than 3.5.
b. The transmission angle of the rocking mechanism must be
between 45 and 135.
4. The space occupied by the moving parts of the mechanism should be
minimized. The coupler ratio of the sliding mechanism should be less
than 6.
5. The time ratio of the sliding mechanism must be at least 1.1.
6. The highest speed achieved by the sliding mechanism must be between
VMIN and VMAX mm/s.
7. Each project group must use the assigned values S, , VMIN and VMAX
as shown in TABLE 1

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TABLE 1:
The dimensional and motion constraints of the mechanism for each group.
Group

Stroke

Throw

Maximum Slider Speed

Angle

No

mm

degrees

VMIN
mm/s

VMAX
mm/s

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17

90
120
150
180
210
240
90
120
150
180
210
240
90
120
150
180
210

30
40
50
60
70
80
90
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
30
40
50

600
700
800
900
1000
1100
1200
1300
1400
1500
1600
600
700
800
900
1000
1100

800
900
1000
1100
1200
1300
1400
1500
1600
1700
1800
800
900
1000
1100
1200
1300

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Design Tasks
The output of the design project is in the form of a brief report (50%) and a
presentation (50%).

A. REPORT
The report should have the following contents:
1. Introduction
A brief description of the mechanism, the aim of the project and the design
requirement (~1-2 pages)
2. Methodology
The design approach. (~1-2 pages)
3. Results
Sample design calculations (2-3 pages)
Diagrams
3.1. The scaled kinematic diagram of the mechanism showing the position
when the slider is at the middle of its stroke
3.2. The slider displacement curve for a single cycle.
3.3. The slider velocity curve for a single cycle.
3.4. The slider acceleration curve for a single cycle.
3.5. The rocker angular displacement curve for a single cycle.
3.6. The rocker angular velocity curve for a single cycle.
3.7. The rocker angular acceleration curve for a single cycle.

4. Conclusion
Design Specifications
4.1. The lengths of all links, the slider offset.
4.2. The stroke of the slider and the rocker.
4.3. The crankshaft speed in rpm
4.4. The time ratios of the slider and the rockers.
4.5. The coupler ratio of the slider.
4.6. The range of transmission angles of the rocker.
4.7. The working area required by the mechanism (in terms of L x W).
4.8. The maximum speed of the slider and the rocker

B. PRESENTATION

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The group is to present the simulation of a dynamic model of the

mechanism using ADAMS in the lab.
Plots of the slider displacement, velocity and acceleration should be
presented and these will be compared with those in the report which have
been submitted earlier.
Any members might be asked to perform certain tasks using ADAMS.
No PowerPoint slides required.
Length of presentation: 15 minutes per group.
All members of the group must be present.