Solved examples

Step-by-step kinematic analysis examples of planar and spatial mechanisms. Examples 2.1 to 2.5 go through the position, velocity and acceleration analysis of the most common mechanisms; the rest are exam problems and problems from the course book.

• Example 2.1: Kinematic analysis of a four-bar linkage

• Example 2.2: Kinematic analysis of a slider-crank mechanism

• Example 2.3: Kinematic analysis of a quick-return mechanism

• Example 2.4: Kinematic analysis of an inverted slider-crank mechanism

• Example 2.5: Kinematic analysis of a six-bar linkage

• Example 2.6: 2026 exam, exercise 3

• Example 2.7: Bar with two sliders

• Example 2.8: Two bars with two sliders

• Example 2.9: Bicycle suspension

• Example 2.10: Disc with a sliding collar

• Example 2.11: Rocker with a pin in a rotating slot

• Example 2.12: Thumb motion (3D relative motion)

• Example 2.13: Carousel horse (3D relative motion)