Internal Combustion Engine (IC Engine): The History and Development of Lenoir Engine
There have been a lot of engine models that were conceived before our main gasoline and diesel engines came to the fore. This series is all about …
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Machine and Mechanism Design
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Internal Combustion Engine (IC Enginer): The History, Development of Huygens Gunpowder Engine
Were You ever curious to know where the concept of the automobile engine came from? Who conceptualized it? How did you think the very first engine …
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Internal Combustion Engine Basics: History of IC Engines (Stirling Engine)
One of the other famous engines conceived before the diesel and gasoline engines were taken to very seriously was the Stirling engine. What is a …
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Internal Combustion Engine IC Engine: History and Development of Diesel Engines
Can you imagine a world without the Diesel Engine? The trains, locomotives, the marine generators, power generators, million of trucks and other …
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Learn Mechanical Engineering at Home Series – 1
Have you ever wondered what mechanical engineering is all about? I cannot make you a certified mechanical engineer but certainly you can learn a lot …
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Kinematics – Actuation of Machines: Part I – Electrical Actuation, DC Motors, AC Motors, Stepper Motors and Solenoids
Every machine is made to perform and produce some useful work. To make any machine work or to give output it needs to be actuated. Actuation of a …
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Kinematics – Design of Mechanisms: Kinematic Inversion of mechanisms Inversions of Four Bar Mechanism
Inversion of a kinematic linkage or mechanism is observing the motion of the members of the mechanism with fixing different links as reference frame. …
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Kinematics – Design of Mechanisms: Degrees of Freedom
Degrees of Freedom of members and joints of mechanisms govern the working of a machine. Each member of mechanism can move in certain directions or …
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Kinematics – Design of Machines: Analysis and Synthesis
To obtain the desired motion of a machine, the design has to involve analysis beforehand. Read an introduction to the design of mechanisms by analysis …
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Types of Kinematic Joints in the Design of Machines
The members forming the mechanisms and machines are connected together through Kinematic Joints. The properties of joints such as relative motion and …
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