Course

MICRO-200: Mechanism Design I

Lectures in this course (108)

Design of Mechanisms: Buckled Beam Mechanisms

Covers the design and application of flexure mechanisms using buckled beams in engineering.

Explains energy injection and reduction in spring clutches and torque limiters.

Covers the typical functions of springs, including exerting precise forces, storing and releasing energy, and filtering vibrations.

Static Balancing: Mechanisms Equilibration

Explores static balancing in mechanisms, emphasizing conservation of total potential energy and practical examples like the corkscrew and Anglepoise lamp.

Bearings: Introduction

Introduces bearings, covering definitions, advantages, building blocks, friction sources, and types of bearings.

Forces and Moments Exported: Rappels

Covers forces and moments exported, dynamic phenomena, and practical examples.

Designing Structures: Dimensioning and Vacuum Lessons

Explores the importance of dimensioning, vacuum technology, materials selection, and lubrication in mechanical design for space applications.

Transmission: Functions

Explores movement transformation in mechanisms, angle transmission, and different types of transmissions and couplings.

Force Balancing Mechanisms: Equilibrage en Force

Explores the significance of force balancing in industrial machines to prevent vibrations, noise, wear, and energy loss.

Balancing Mechanisms in Engineering

Explores the fundamentals of mechanical balancing, including equilibrium, force balancing, and moment balancing in engineering applications.

Mechanism Balancing: Moment Equilibrium

Explores moment equilibrium in mechanisms through force and angular momentum balance.

Flexible Guidance Design

Explores the design of flexible guidances, emphasizing the analysis of structures with orthogonal flexible joints and the optimization using flexible columns.

Flexible Guidance Systems: Introduction

Covers flexible guidance systems in various fields, showcasing innovative designs and applications.

Mechanism Design II: Project Overview

Explores mechanism design principles, structural mechanics, and advanced manufacturing technologies for creating intricate structures.

Flexible Guidance: Technologies and Design Principles

Explores flexible guidance technologies, mechanism design, workload distribution, and teacher commitment.

Dynamic Balancing: Mechanisms Equilibration

Explains the redistribution of mass in mechanisms for dynamic balancing.

Mechanism Design: Basics and Applications

Covers the basics of mechanism design using a bicycle as an example.

Flexible Guidance: Flexible Kinematics

Explores flexible guidance and kinematics of leaf springs and rods used as revolute joints, emphasizing parasitic motion and hyperstaticity.

Inertial Equilibration: Inertial Invariance

Explores inertial invariance and equilibration in mechanically balanced systems, covering passive and active equilibration methods.

Mechanisms Design: Course Organization

Explains the organization of the 'Design of Mechanisms I' course, covering schedule, exercises, exams, and interactive learning.