Lectures related to Mechanical Design: Principles and Applications

Virtual Work in Structural Mechanics

Explores virtual work in structural mechanics, stability criteria, reaction load calculations, and mechanical systems with springs.

Kinematic Analysis: Mechanism Design and Optimization

Discusses advanced mechanisms design, focusing on kinematic analysis, geometric modeling, and optimization techniques for flexible mechanisms.

Kinematics of the Material Point

Covers the kinematics of a material point, focusing on speed and accelerations.

Mechanical Systems: Fundamentals and Applications

Covers the fundamentals of mechanical systems and their wide-ranging applications in various fields.

Mechanical Systems Dynamics: Modeling and Analysis

Explores the dynamics of mechanical systems, emphasizing modeling techniques and the impact of deformation and inertia forces.

Dynamics of Mechanical Systems

Explores the laws of space, kinematics, and inertia forces in mechanical systems.

Equilibrium in 3D

Explores equilibrium in three dimensions, emphasizing the importance of adequate constraints for static and kinematic determinacy.

Mechanical Models in Design: Kinematics and Dynamics

Covers mechanical models in design, including static, kinematic, and dynamic models, as well as oscillations, energy conservation, and practical design considerations.

Mechanics of Slender Structures: Dimensional Analysis and Scalings

Explores the use of dimensional analysis and scalings in understanding slender structural systems.

Introduction to Relativity

Covers the principles of relativity, Newtonian mechanics, inertial frames, and kinematics for different observers.

Kinematics: Robot Joint Coordinates

Explores robot joint coordinates, kinematics models, and homogeneous matrices for motion combinations.

Kinematics and Dynamics of Mechanical Systems

Explores kinematics, dynamics, constraints, and periodic forces in mechanical systems.

Flexures for High-Precision Mechatronics

Explores the design and challenges of flexures in high-precision mechatronics, focusing on key points, kinematics, and applications.

Kinematics: Deformation and Expansion

Explores kinematics of deformation, focusing on radial and linear expansion, torsion, and rotation by an angle.

Introduction to Structural Mechanics

Covers hyperstatic-hypostatic systems, equilibrium, and constraints in structural mechanics.

Mechanics of Kirchhoff Rods II

Explores the mechanics of Kirchhoff rods, focusing on 3D kinematics and twisted solutions.

Black Holes: Dimensional Analysis and Gravitational Force

Covers the study of black holes and gravitational force.

Kinematic Chains and Dynamics of Mechanical Systems

Explores kinematic chains, dynamics of mechanical systems, laws of space, and speed characterization.

Kinematics of Material Point

Covers the kinematics of a material point, including orders of magnitude and practical applications.

Mechanics and kinematics of timber plates

Covers the mechanics and kinematics of timber plates and their behavior.