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MECH2001 Kinematics and Kinetics of Machines

MECH 3005 Mechanical Design
ENGR2001 Automated Manufacturing
MECH7003 Advanced Dynamic Systems (PG)
ENGR2033 Industrial Experience (Engineering Technologist)
ENGR3017 Industrial Experience (Engineering)
ENGR7013 Industrial Experience (PG)
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• If you are doing a four- or five-year (Double degree) UG program such as 3771,
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Experience (Engineering).
• If you are doing a three-year UG program such as 6033 and 3691, you should be
enrolling on ENGR2033 - Industrial Experience (Engineering Technologist).

IE Subjects carry zero credit points, but it is necessary for students to enrol in the
subject so that a grade can be registered to indicate the completion of industrial
experience
Students CAN NOT GRADUATE without a successful result for industrial
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Industrial experience subject Requirements:
Before Internship:
• Enrolled on the subject
• Attend the Week 1 Information Session Workshop
• Find an internship
• Once you have secured an internship, submit an InPlace application before the
commencement of your internship (Paid or unpaid) for approval.
During the Internship
Do your internship and ensure you use the Diary to keep it recorded for:
• ENGR3017 Industrial Experience (Engineering) - 60 days Internship
• ENGR2033 Industrial Experience (Engineering Technologist) - 40 days Internship
• ENGR7013 Industrial Experience (PG) - 60 days Internship
After Internship:
Submit the documents below for evaluation:
• InPlace application approval email
• Industrial experience diary/logbook
• Self-reflection final report
• Reference letter from the company
Freedom and Constraint
 Kinematic Chain
When the kinematic pairs are coupled in such a way that the last link is
joined to the first link to transmit definite motion (i.e. completely or
successfully constrained motion), it is called a kinematic chain.
Or
Assembly of links (Kinematic link / element) and Kinematic pairs to transmit
required / specified output motion(s) for given input motion(s)
Kinematic Diagram of Engine Mechanism

Connecting rod 3
f1 f1
Crank 2 Piston 4

f1 f1
Frame 1

Kinematic Diagram
 Mobility of a Mechanism

Number of independent coordinates, required to describe / specify the

configuration or position of all the links of the mechanism, with respect to the

fixed link at any given instant.

 Grubler’s Mobility Equation
for PLANAR linkages

for SPATIAL linkages

M = Mobility
n = Total links in a mechanism
J = Total joints in a mechanism

σ𝑗𝑖=1 𝑓𝑖 = Summation of all joints DOF in a mechanism

If, M>0, It gives mechanism with M DOF

M=0, it gives a statically determinate structure
M<0, it gives statically indeterminate structure
Example 1
Determine the mobility of the planar four-bar linkage

Mobility analysis of a planar four-bar linkage.

Example 2
Determine the mobility of the linkage. The linkage is planar and all joints have
connectivity one.

Solution: Mobility analysis of a two-loop planar linkage

Example 3
Determine the mobility of the linkage shown in the following figure. The linkage is
planar, and all joints have connectivity one. Links 3, 4, and 5 are connected at the same
revolute joint axis.
Solution: Mobility analysis of a linkage when more than two members come together at a
single point location.
Example 4
Determine the mobility of the linkage shown in the following figure. The linkage is planar
and not all the joints have connectivity one.

Solution: Mobility analysis of a linkage with various types of joints.

Example 5
Determine the mobility of the linkage. The linkage is spatial. The
joints are lower pairs of the types labelled. Note how the
three-dimensional joints are drawn.

A four-member, single-loop, spatial linkage.

Determine the mobility of the linkage.

A B

C D