In designing devices to produce straight-line motion, the designer has a fundamental choice between selecting sliding devices or selecting pinned linkages. Although they are more complex to design and implement, linkages will often prove a less expensive, more efficient, and generally more satisfactory option than simple sliders. The objective of this thesis is to provide a tool to the designer that serves as an aid in making intelligent decisions in the selection of four-bar linkage type straight-line-mechanisms. This thesis provides research into the selection, evaluation, and implementation of existing straight-line mechanism designs. Twenty-two straight-line mechanisms are compared for both compactness and fidelity of the straight-line path. Also, figures showing position, velocity, and acceleration of each a included. The functional product of to this work is a software program called Straight-line. Straight-line gives the designer a graphical environment from which a wide variety of straight-line mechanisms can be quickly analyzed and evaluated. The software also provides a new type-synthesis technique that allows the designer to generate a straight-line-mechanism by graphically inputting a desired path. / Master of Science
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/44795 |
Date | 18 September 2008 |
Creators | Riutort, Kevin T. |
Contributors | Mechanical Engineering |
Publisher | Virginia Tech |
Source Sets | Virginia Tech Theses and Dissertation |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Thesis, Text |
Format | ix, 82 leaves, BTD, application/pdf, application/pdf |
Rights | In Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
Relation | OCLC# 36788879, LD5655.V855_1996.R588.pdf |
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