Reg. No. Question Paper Code : 813849 MLE, DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAYJUNE 2012. Seoond Semester Engineering Design [ED 9228 / 220204 / BD 923 / 10222 ED 203 — MECHANISMS DESIGN AND ‘SIMULATION (Common to ME-CAD/CAM) (Regulation 2009) ‘Time : Three hours Masimam : 100 marks Answer ALL questions. PART A—(10» 2= 20 marks) 1. Write down the classifiations of mechanism, 2. Mention few applications whore complaint mechanisms are sed, 8. What are uniquonoss af forwand kinematis of robot solutions? 4. List the Denavit-Hartonbarg parameters 5. What ie moving eontrode? 6. Give fow examples for straigth line mechanism. 1. How problems in synthesis of mechanism can be classified? 8. Define dimensional synthesis, 9. What do you mean by dwell period? 10. How does under cutting oecur in eam? OLD QUESTION PAPERPART B— (6x 16= 80 marks) AL, (@ Derive the algebraic solution for inverse Kinematics of a taro link robot ‘manipulator shown in Fig. 1 () With acuitable exaniple, discuss the concopt of equivalent mechanism. 12, (a) Derive the Vector Loop Bauation for a Fou bas Linkage, or ©) What do you moan by Spatial RSSR mechsnism? Discuse in detail 18. (@) Construct the cubic of stationary curvature of the coupler position of the four-bar linkage as shown in Fig2, where 0,A=32.5mm, OsB=64.5mm, 0,0, =96.5mm, AB Fig2 2 1349 OLD QUESTION PAPERSo 4 @ © 1. @ © Find the center of curvature of che coupler curve traced by the point C of the four bar linkage shown in Fig 8 Figo Derive the expreccion for displacement and velocity of a four bar mechanism by Freudenstain's method. or ‘A four Var mechanism is to be designed by using three precision point to generate the function y=x'*, for the range 1sx<4, Assuming, 307 starting position and 120° finishing position for the input link and 90° starting position and 180° finishing position for the output link, find the ‘value ofxy,@ and © corresponding to the three precision points. With a neat sketch explain about the parallel motion linkages. or Diseuss in dotail, Cam mechanism and its advantage over linkage mechanism. a 1349 OLD QUESTION PAPERS