Classical and Modern Mechanisms for Engineers and Inventors

Title: Classical and Modern Mechanisms for Engineers and Inventors
Author: Preben W. Jensen
ISBN: 0824785274 / 9780824785277
Format: Hard Cover
Pages: 616
Publisher: Marcel Dekker
Year: 1991
Availability: In Stock

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Classical and Modern Mechanisms for Engineers and Inventors reviews the foundation of kinematics, examining five basic joints and their use as mechanisms...describes many facets of four-bar linkages...details the applications of both centric and offset slider cranks....explains the motion characteristics of Geneva mechanisms..compares the advantages of using planetary gears over ordinary gear trains and provides design charts....discusses the differences among epicycloid, hypocycloid, and pericycloid mechanisms...and much, much more!

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Preface

Chapter 1 : Five Basic Mechanisms
Chapter 2 : Motion and Force Transmission in Linkages
Chapter 3 : The Slider Crank
Chapter 4 : Geneva and Star-Wheel Mechanisms
Chapter 5 : Planetary Gear Systems
Chapter 6 : Cycloidal Mechanisms
Chapter 7 : Chain-Driven Mechanisms
Chapter 8 : Screw Mechanisms
Chapter 9 : Clamping Mechanisms
Chapter 10 : Antibacklash Devices
Chapter 11 : Infinite-Variable-Speed Drives
Chapter 12 : Snap-Action Switching Mechanisms
Chapter 13 : Parallelogram Mechanisms
Chapter 14 : Gears, Gearing, and Noncircular Gears
Chapter 15 : Detent, Indexing, and Ratchet Mechanisms
Chapter 16 : Overload and Overrunning Clutches
Chapter 17 : Systematic Mechanism Design

General Bibliography
Bibliography : Planetary Gear Systems
Index