机构介绍外文翻译

Introduction to mechanism

The function of mechanism is to transmit or transform motion from one rigid body to another as part of the action of a machine. There are three types of common mechanical devices that can be used as basic elements of a mechanism.

(1)Gear system, in which toothed members in contact transmit motion between rotating

shafts.

(2)Cam system, where a uniform motion of an input member is converted into a

nonuniform motion of the output member.

(3)Plane and spatial linkages are also useful in creating mechanical motions for a point or

rigid body.

A kinematic chain is a system of links, which are either jointed together or are in contact with one another in a manner that permits them to move relative to one another. If one of the links is fixed and the movement of any other link to a new position will cause each of the other links to move to definite predictable position, the system is a constrained kinematic chain. Otherwise, the system is an unconstrained kinematic chain.

A mechanism or linkage is a constrained kinematic chain, and is a mechanical divice that has the purpose of transferring motion and force from a source to an output. A linkage consists of links (or bar),generally considered rigid,which are connected by joints, such as pin (or revolute) or prismatic joints, to form open or closed chains (or loops). Such kinematic chains,with at least one link fixed, become (i) mechanisms if at least two other links remain mobility, or (ii) stuctures if no mobility remains. In other words, a mechanism permits relative motion between its “rigid links”; a structure does not. Since linkages make simple mechanisms and can be designed to perform complex tasks, such as nonlinear motion and force ransmission, they will receive much attention in mechanism study.

Mechanisms are used in a great variety of machines and devices. The simplest closed-loop linkage is the four-bar linkage, which has three moving links (plus one fixed link) and four pin joints. The link that is connected to the power source or prime mover and has one moving pivot and one ground pivot is called the input link. The output link connects another moving povit to another ground povit. The coupler or floating link connected the two moving pivots, thereby “coupling” the input to the output link.

The four-bar linkage has some special configurations created by making one or more links infinite in length。The slider-crank （or crank and slider）mechanism is a four-bar chain with a slinder replacing an infinitely long output link。The internal combustion engine is built based on this mechanism。Other forms of four- bar mechanisms exist in which a slider is guided on a moving link rather than on a fixed link. These are called inversions of the slider-crank，produced when another link（the crank，coupler，or slider）is fixed link。

Although the four-bar linkage and slider-crank mechanism are very useful and found in thousands of applications，we can see that these linkages have limited performance level。Linkages with more members are often used in more demanding circumstances。However it is often difficult to visualize the movement of a multiloop linkage，especially when other components appear in the same diagram。The fist step in the motion analysis of more complicated mechanisms is to sketch the equivalent kinematic or skeleton diagram。The skeleton diagram serves a purpose similar to that of the electrical schematic or circuit diagram in that it displays only the essential skeleton of