Faculty of Engineering Mechanics of Machines

Assiut University 1st year Mechanical Engineering Students

2022/2023 (13-19) November 2022

Assignment Sheet #5: Simple Mechanisms

1. ABCD is a four-bar mechanism, AB=10 cm, AD= 40 cm, BC=20 cm, and CD=15 cm. Use a
suitable space scale and draw the mechanism in different versions when the angle BAD is:
a. 45o b. 90o c. 120o d. 300o [Hint: use different colors for every version]

2. For the shown mechanism:

a. Write the name of the mechanism.
b. Find the maximum distance link 4 can travel.

3. For the shown mechanism:

a. What is the name of the mechanism?
b. Find the stroke of the slider.
c. What is the time ratio of the mechanism

4. The figure shows a schematic diagram of cam operating a valve. Find graphically the maximum
tension and compression displacements of the spring.

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 5. For the mechanisms shown in Problems 1.1–1.20, find the theoretical number of dof (the F
number) using Gruebler’s Criterion.

(a) (b)
6. Give all the kinematic inversions of the shown skeleton diagram.

Homework assignment: [Delivered to the teaching assistants by 30th November]

Look around campus or your neighborhood and find a machine. Draw a skeleton diagram of that
machine and determine both its theoretical and its actual number of degrees of freedom. Prepare
a concise 2–3-page technical report of your findings. Be certain that all drawings are neat and
professional looking.

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