Coupler Curve Atlas—Hrones and Nelson
WM2d file
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Software copyright © 2004 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
Info
Multiple coupler curves are plotted with different coupler points. The figure shown is a typical page of Hrones and Nelson atlas. Other pages are similar, but with different link dimensions. The atlas can be used by designers to select a linkage that will generate a desired coupler curve.
Source
This Working Model file is adapted from Figure 3.17 on p.116 in Design of Machinery, 3rd ed. by Norton, R.L., McGraw-Hill, 2004.
Credits
This Working Model file was first developed by Fan (Michael) Mo.