# Theory Of Mechanisms

- Institution: IIT Madras
- Department: Mechanical Engineering
- Teacher: Prof. Sujatha Srinivasan
- Level: Undergraduate
- Language: English
- Subjects: Engineering
- Source: [NPTEL](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/112106270)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA](https://nptel.ac.in/faq) (Non-commercial use only.)
- Syllabus: [at the source](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/112106270)
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## Lectures

1. [Review of Kinematics Fundamentals-I](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112106270/c54998d36221) (Video)
2. [Links, Pairs, Kinematic Chains; Planar Mobility Criterion](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112106270/9cf9d289981a) (Video)
3. [Mobility of Mechanisms, Grubler's Criterion and Applications](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112106270/d2f21ced9d74) (Video)
4. [Inversions, Grashof Criterion, Kinematic equivalence](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112106270/b9e73bbf51a6) (Video)
5. [Linkage Synthesis Classification, 2-position Motion Generation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112106270/1cd8ac87bb1a) (Video)
6. [Driver dyad, Quick-return synthesis-I](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112106270/7ed382ad1cc1) (Video)
7. [Quick-return synthesis-II, 3-position Motion Generation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112106270/5db576efc26b) (Video)
8. [Specified fixed pivots, Path generation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112106270/272d24fb9fa7) (Video)
9. [Function generation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112106270/8750c743f58e) (Video)
10. [Function generation using relative poles](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112106270/61acb318e7fa) (Video)
11. [Structural Error, and Chebyshev Spacing](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112106270/fb29ce08b56f) (Video)
12. [Chebyshev Spacing](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112106270/54586ab93d67) (Video)
13. [Analytical Linkage Synthesis-I: Vector Loop Closure, Freudenstein's method](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112106270/781025d7d654) (Video)
14. [Analytical Linkage Synthesis-II: Bloch's method, Driver Dyad](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112106270/39b2fcb56904) (Video)
15. [Four-bar Position Analysis, Dyad or Standard Form Synthesis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112106270/d5d6c043b825) (Video)
16. [Dyad Form Synthesis: Motion Generation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112106270/7f1d0377927d) (Video)
17. [Dyad Form Synthesis: Path and Function Generation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112106270/cd32bc03ba35) (Video)
18. [Dyad Form Synthesis: Multi loop linkges](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112106270/78cf4d324b10) (Video)
19. [Dyad Form Synthesis: Four Position Motion Generation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112106270/7da117c3dbb5) (Video)
20. [Coupler Curves -I](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112106270/56b342b7b0bd) (Video)
21. [Coupler Curves- II, Fixed and Moving Centrodes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112106270/828f5fc2ec4f) (Video)
22. [Coupler Curves- III, Symmetrical Coupler Curves](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112106270/2b22e65e63dd) (Video)
23. [Roberts-Chebyshev Theorem](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112106270/2bf9b44f3984) (Video)
24. [Cognates](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112106270/924f8dab4c9a) (Video)
25. [Velocity Analysis: Review of Velocity Polygons](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112106270/04d72367c5a5) (Video)
26. [Velocity Analysis: Velocity Polygons (contd.) and Instant Centres](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112106270/0f96d5314e72) (Video)
27. [Velocity Analysis: Auxiliary Point Method](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112106270/088011708218) (Video)
28. [Auxiliary Point Method: Contd.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112106270/0e2f2d9d9f6a) (Video)
29. [Velocity and Acceleration Analysis: Analytical Method](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112106270/87ff6470b686) (Video)
30. [Acceleration Analysis: Analytical Method Contd.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112106270/4208d344607c) (Video)
31. [Acceleration Analysis: Auxiliary Point Method](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112106270/4b7ac9d9748a) (Video)
32. [Force Analysis of Mechanisms, Mechanical Advantage](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112106270/946db554c934) (Video)
33. [Force Analysis of Mechanisms- II](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112106270/e1caa2c97b7b) (Video)
34. [Balancing of Mechanisms using Counterweights](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112106270/95921dab3a75) (Video)
35. [Balancing of Mechanisms using Springs](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112106270/a7a2ba8c7f78) (Video)
36. [Spatial Mechanisms](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112106270/ea10ad3ce0ac) (Video)
37. [Introduction to the Kinematics of Spatial Mechanisms](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/112106270/4186d6fd961c) (Video)