Open AccessSynthesis of Five-Bar Slider Mechanism with Variable Topology for Finitely Separated Positions
Author(s) -
Umesh M. Daivagna,
Shrinivas S. Balli
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
advances in mechanical engineering/advances in mechanical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.318
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1687-8140
pISSN - 1687-8132
DOI - 10.1155/2011/697316
Subject(s) - slider , topology (electrical circuits) , bar (unit) , mechanism (biology) , variable (mathematics) , function (biology) , mathematics , simple (philosophy) , four bar linkage , phase (matter) , control theory (sociology) , motion (physics) , computer science , mathematical analysis , physics , engineering , mechanical engineering , combinatorics , artificial intelligence , control (management) , quantum mechanics , evolutionary biology , meteorology , biology , philosophy , epistemology
A method to synthesize a five-bar slider mechanism with variable topology is suggested. Synthesis is carried out in two phases for function generation. In Phase I, synthesis is carried out for three finitely separated positions. In Phase II, it is carried outfor two finitely separated positions. A dyadic complex number method is used to write the equations of motion. The method is simple, general and has an increased accuracy over graphical techniques. An application of the five-bar slider mechanism with variable topology is illustrated.