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Solutions Manual to accompany

THEORY OF MACHINES
AND MECHANISMS
Fourth Edition
International Version

John J. Uicker, Jr.
Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering
University of Wisconsin – Madison

Gordon R. Pennock
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University

Joseph E. Shigley
Late Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Michigan




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PART 1


KINEMATICS AND MECHANISMS




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Chapter 1
The World of Mechanisms
1.1 Sketch at least six different examples of the use of a planar four-bar linkage in practice.
They can be found in the workshop, in domestic appliances, on vehicles, on agricultural
machines, and so on.

Since the variety is unbounded no standard solutions are shown here.

1.2 The link lengths of a planar four-bar linkage are 0.2, 0.4, 0.6 and 0.6 m. Assemble the
links in all possible combinations and sketch the four inversions of each. Do these
linkages satisfy Grashof's law? Describe each inversion by name, for example, a crank-
rocker mechanism or a drag-link mechanism.
s  0.2, l  0.6, p  0.4, q  0.6 ; these linkages all satisfy Grashof’s law
since 0.2  0.6  0.4  0.6 . Ans.




Drag-link mechanism Drag-link mechanism Ans.




Crank-rocker mechanism Crank-rocker mechanism Ans.




Double-rocker mechanism Crank-rocker mechanism Ans.
1.3 A crank-rocker linkage has a 250 mm frame, a 62.5 mm crank, a 225 mm coupler, and a
187.5 mm rocker. Draw the linkage and find the maximum and minimum values of the
transmission angle. Locate both toggle positions and record the corresponding crank
angles and transmission angles.


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Extremum transmission angles:  min   1  53.1 max   3  98.1 Ans.
Toggle positions: 2  40.1 2  59.14  228.6 4  90.9 Ans.

1.4 In Fig. P1.4, point C is attached to the coupler; plot its complete path.




1.5 Find the mobility of each mechanism illustrated in Fig. P1.5.




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