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PRO/MECHANISM REPORT FOR MODELING OF FOUR BAR MECHANISM

ABSTRACT This report is aimed at practicing the design and analysis of a simple four bar mechanism to understand the concept of kinematics and dynamics design. The design and analysis are done in pro mechanism.

MECHANISM DESCRIPTION The first model is a simple four bar mechanism where one of the links is driven by a motor and the kinematic analysis is carried out to find the position of a link at a particular time or angle of the rotating link.(As shown in FIGURE.1)

Figure.1 model considered for four bar mechanism MECHANISM MODEL This mechanism looks like a crank rocker mechanism with the links connected by pin joints. In Figure.3, 4 and 5 the individual models created are shown. The complete assembled four bar mechanism is given in Figure.6.

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Figure.3.Model 1

Figure.4.Model 2

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Figure.5.Model 3

Figure.6.complete assembled model. CONDITIONS AND COMPUTATIONS Length of the link 1 is 15mm.The links 2 and 3 are taken as 8mm.The link four is given 9mm.Widthsof the links 1, 2, 3 and 4 are taken as 1mm.Thickness of the links 1, 2, 3 and 4 are given 0.5mm.Diameter of the pin joints are taken as .5 mm thickness of the pin joints are .5mm and constraints of link1 is kept as default and of links 2,3 and 4 are selected as pin. The velocities of the rotating links of both the models are considered to be 72deg/s.Thus enabling the links to have two complete rotations during analysis. Kinematics analysis is done for the four bar mechanism. Figure.3, 4 and 5 shows the individual dimensions created.Figure.6 shows the assembled model created.

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PLOTS Figure.6 shows the plot of the position (degrees) vs time for the rotating link. This is the driving conditions specified by the user for the analysis part. Figure.7 shows the position of the link-2 at various time of the analysis. Comparison of these two graphs can help us clearly understand that at any particular angle of the rotating link what position the link-2 will be.

Figure.6.Variation of angle of rotating link with time

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Figure.7.Variation of position of link 2 with time.

TRACE CURVES The trace curves were created by selecting the vertex points on different links to help us understand Figure.6.aaaAfter selecting the vertex points the trace for the points were drawn for the analysis.Figure.7 and Figure.8 shows the trace curves created.

Figure.8.Assembled model with one trace curve.

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Figure.9.Assembled model with two trace curves.

CONCLUSION The models are created as described in Pro-E and the analysis is done in ProMechanica. The results are as shown above. Thus the position analysis for a four bar mechanism mechanism are carried out by a simple analysis in Pro-Mechanica.