ME 316 Dynamics and Vibration

  http://engrwww.usask.ca/classes/ME/316/index.html

 Fall, 2007

  Instructor:

 

Prof. Chris W.J. ZhangRoom 2B34

Phone 966 5478Chris.Zhang@Usask.Ca

 Office hours: Tuesday 11:30 – 1:00

Thursday 11:30 – 1:00You can also reach me any time I am

available in my office

Course Contents

1. Kinematics of Spatial Mechanisms

2. Kinetics of Spatial Mechanisms

3. Vibration

4. Mechanisms design issue

Mechanism design issues

Issue 1: Degree of Freedom

Issue 2: Synthesis

Issue 3: Quality of kinematic motion transfer

Issue 4: Other types of mechanisms

Spatial mechanism

Complex mechanisms - robots

Spatial mechanism ?

Pivot 1

Servomotor 1

Servomotor 2

Frame

Pivot 2

Pivot 3 Pivot 4

Pivot 5

Spatial mechanism

1. Final Exam : 70%

2. Midterm * : 20%

3. Assignments : 10%

If final exam mark is greater than midterm exam mark,

final exam: 90% assignment: 10%.

Evaluation

Evaluation

Late submission of assignment is

subject to 5% deduction of

the mark for assignment.

Approach to Learning/Teaching

1. Emphasis on concepts development

2. Emphasis on systematic problem solving procedure

3. Emphasis on generalization of knowledge

4. Examples -> Problems -> Theory formulation -> Solving the problems -> Theory review -> Guidelines for any problem