A real-life mechanism will be given to students, for example, a door closer or an oil field pump. Students will utilize the position analysis skill we learn in Kinematic Analysis and Design course to find the angular positions of all the links in that mechanism. Students need to create a 3D model for the given mechanism using a 3D CAD software. Then, as the given mechanism is actually a real-life example of fourbar linkage, they will conduct position analysis for the given mechanism using Matlab. Students will do an oral presentation to show their analysis.

This is a 4 weeks group project assigned in Kinematic Design and Analysis class which is offered for junior college students. Students should know how to use vectors to represent links, build vector loop equations, and matrix calculation to complete this project assignment. This project can be further extended to analyze motions of other mechanisms.

Chapter 4 of Robert L. Norton, Design of Machinery, 5^th Edition, McGraw Hill.

This is a 4 weeks group project.

Students will do a 10 - 15 minutes presentation to show the position analysis results of the given mechanism. Plot the relationship between input angle and output angles

Robert L. Norton, Design of Machinery, 5^th Edition, McGraw Hill.