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Examples of Grashof
Criterion for Four-Bar Mechanisms |
For
a four-bar mechanism with the following dimensions, (3, 8, 6, 7), a Grashof
mechanism:
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The mechanism is crank-rocker if 8 is fixed.
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The mechanism is crank-crank if 3 is fixed.
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The mechanism is crank-rocker if 3 is the coupler.
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For
a four-bar mechanism with the following dimensions, (3, 10, 5, 6), a
non-Grashof mechanism:
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The mechanism is rocker-rocker if 5 is fixed.
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The mechanism is rocker-rocker if 10 is fixed.
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The mechanism is rocker-rocker if 6 is fixed.
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The mechanism is rocker-rocker if 3 is
fixed.
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