Introduction to Mechanisms and Mechanical Systems

4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)

Lecture, four hours; outside study, eight hours. Requisites: courses M20 or 20P (or Computer Science 31), 102. Analysis of mechanisms and mechanical systems. Covered topics include kinematics, dynamics, and mechanical advantages of machinery; displacement, velocity, and acceleration analyses of linkages; fundamental law of gearing and gear trains; and force and power analysis. Concurrently scheduled with course C162A. Letter grading.