DESIGN OF MACHINERY - 5th Ed.

SOLUTION MANUAL 3-84-1

PROBLEM 3-84
Statement: Design a fourbar mechanism to move the link shown in Figure P3-19 from position 1 to position
2. Ignore the third position and the fixed pivots O2 and O4 shown. Build a cardboard model
that demonstrates the required movement.
Given: Position 1 offsets: xC1D1 17.186 in yC1D1 0.604 in
Solution: See figure below and Mathcad file P0384 for one possible solution.

1. Connect the end points of the two given positions of the line CD with construction lines, i.e., lines from C 1
to C 2 and D1 to D2.
2. Bisect these lines and extend their perpendicular bisectors in any convenient direction. In the solution
below the bisector of C 1C 2 was extended upward and the bisector of D1D2 was also extended upward.

3. Select one point on each bisector and label them O2 and O4, respectively. In the solution below the
distances O2C and O4D were selected to be 15.000 in. and 8.625 in, respectively. This resulted in a
ground-link-length O2O4 for the fourbar of 9.351 in.
4. The fourbar is now defined as O2CDO4 with link lengths

2 2
Link 3 (coupler) L3 xC1D1 yC1D1 L3 17.197 in

Link 2 (input) L2 14.000 in Link 4 (output) L4 7.000 in

Ground link 1 L1 9.351 in

O2

O4

D2

C1
D1

C2