Introduction with the basic concepts and issues of analysis and synthesis of mechanisms and machines.

Ability of using basic mechanisms in complex mechanical systems and machines, ability to apply basic methods for kinematic and dynamic analysis of mechanisms and machines.

Structural formula and the degree of freedom. Building mechanisms using kinematic groups – Artobolevsky condition. Graphic method for kinematic analysis of complex lever mechanisms. Application of the method of instantaneous centres in kinematic analysis. Analytical method for kinematic analysis of complex lever mechanisms. Kinematic analysis of planetery – differential mechanisms. Inertial forces in mechanisms. Kinostatic forces. Joukowsky theorem, reduced mechanism. Fundamentals of lever mechanisms balancing. Fundamentals of rotor balancing. Cam mechanism. Geneva mechanism. Cardano-Hook joint. Fundamentals of lever mechanisms synthesis .

Teaching methods are: lectures, graphic and computer practice, consultations.