COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SYNTHESIS OF LINKAGE MECHANISMS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MAK 4066 SYNTHESIS OF LINKAGE MECHANISMS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Mechanical Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HASAN ÖZTÜRK

Offered to

Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering (Evening)

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to define the subjects about four-link bar synthesis, graphical and analytical methods in dimensional synthesis, two, three and four positions of a plane, correlation of crank, transmission angle and crank-rocker linkages.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To realize mechanisms synthesis
2   To realize mechanisms synthesis techniques
3   To develop skills for design of mechanism by using analytic and graphical methods
4   To solve the two, three and four positions problems
5   To make the analytical synthesis for function generation

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to four-bar mechanisms
2 Position analysis
3 Grashof's theorem
4 Two positions analysis
5 Three and four positions analysis
6 Freudenstein equation and Chebyshev function
7 Mechanism design with computer
8 Transmission angle: R-R-R-R mechanisms
9 Transmission angle: R-R-R-P mechanisms
10 Correlation of crank angles for two and three positions
11 Two and three positions of a slider-crank mechanism: Graphical method
12 Midterm
13 Crank-Rocker mechanisms
14 Chebyshev's theorem

Recomended or Required Reading

Kinematics, dynamics, and design of Machinery,K.J. Waldron,G.L. Kinzel, ,Wiley ,0-471-24417-1,NewYork,2004

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation + Homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE*0.35+ASG *0.15+FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE*0.35+ASG *0.15+RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Homeworks are assigned to the students after the weekly lessons. Students strengthen their learning by solving homeworks. The successes of the students are evaluated by 2 mid-term exams and 1 final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hasan.ozturk@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 18 18
Preparing assignments 1 9 9
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 98

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.133322223234
LO.233422223223
LO.333332232122
LO.433322222122
LO.533322222232