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Part 4 Grashof Condition
Part 4 Grashof Condition
Part 4 Grashof Condition
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Kinematic Inversion is the process of choosing different
links in the chain as frames and is created by grounding a
different link in the kinematic chain. There are as many
inversions of a given linkage as it has links.
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Kinematic Inversion
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Watch this video (ctrl + click the link):
Grashof Law
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Length:
Left – 2.5 inches
Right – 4 inches
Bottom – 4.5 inches
Top – 5 inches
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Length:
Left – 2.5 inches
Right – 4 inches
Bottom – 4.5 inches
Top – 5 inches
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Lengths:
Left – 2.5 inches
Right – 4 inches
Bottom – 4.5 inches
Top – 5 inches
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Lengths:
Left – 2 inches
Right – 3 inches
Bottom – 5 inches
Top – 3 inches
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Class III Case (Special-case Grashof)
Left and right – 2 inches, Top and Bottom – 4 inches
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The “change points” occurs twice per
revolution of the input crank, when the links
all become collinear.
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Class III Case (Special-case Grashof)
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Application: Motor-driven Windshield Wiper Mechanism
Crank rocker - shortest link will fully rotate and the other link
pivoted to ground will oscillate.
Parallelogram – input motion is duplicated at a remote location
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