a Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Birmingham, P.O. Box 363, Birmingham, B15 2TT, England
Abstract:
Graphical methods of analyzing angular jerks in a four-bar linkage are described. No jerk polygon or complicated calculations are involved. Only a few lines are needed in these methods. The technique is extended to four-bar linkages connected in series as well as to a slider-crank mechanism. Extremes of angular accelerations may be found whenever the angular jerks vanish.