Lecture 1

Vehicle
Dynamics
Composed by
MSc Ahmed mohsin alsayah
Ahmad.m.alsaiah@gmail.com

Hamilton H. Mobie, Mechanisms

and Dynamics
Machinery, John Willey & Sons
Crank Gear Mechanism
Definitions
• Crank Gear :- Is a group of mechanical parts which convert

the thermal energy into mechanical energy , it is consist of

piston and its accessories , connecting rod , and crank

shaft
• Piston Travel:- is the distance which piston traveled from the TDC

due to crank angle

• Central crank gear :- The crank gear in which the axis of the

cylinder intersects that of the crank shaft.

 Offset Crank Gear
The crank gear in which the axis of the cylinder was shifted with an

offset (e) from the center of the crank shaft.

 Harmonic Motion

• When the distance, velocity, and acceleration, of

any particle change it’s magnitude periodically

from zero to maximum to zero, this motion called

harmonic motion
Dynamic & Kinematic calculation

• It is important to make two kind of calculation:-

• 1- Dynamic Calculations :- Which used the magnitude

and the nature of the change in the gas forces of gas

pressure .

• 2- Kinematic Calculations :- The aim of it to determine

the travel, velocity, and acceleration of piston,

Crank mechanism notations