What are the various Components of Hydroelectric Power Plants and how they work.
In this three part article series let us see the various components of hydroelectric power plants and the working of hydroelectric power plants. The …
Continue ReadingGear Cutting and Manufacturing Methods
Gears play a prominent role in mechanical power transmission. Manufacturing of gears is a very interesting area involving various methodologies and …
Continue ReadingPrinciple of Hydropower Generation. How is hydropower generated? What is Water Cycle
Hydropower is generated from the water flowing in the river or oceans. There are two water cycles involved in the generation of electricity. One water …
Continue ReadingWhat is Finite Element Analysis?
This article is written to give a basic insight on what Finite Element Analysis (FEA) or Finite Element Method (FEM) means. There is a lot of hype …
Continue ReadingKinematics – Actuation of Machines: Part II – Hydraulic Actuation, Hydraulic Cylinder, Hydraulic Motors, Hydraulic Brake
Fluids, liquid or gases can flow through pipes and cylinders of different shapes and sizes easily and can transfer the power or pressure and force …
Continue ReadingKinematics – Actuation of Machines: Part I – Electrical Actuation, DC Motors, AC Motors, Stepper Motors and Solenoids
Every machine is made to perform and produce some useful work. To make any machine work or to give output it needs to be actuated. Actuation of a …
Continue ReadingKinematics – Design of Mechanisms: Kinematic Inversion of mechanisms Inversions of Four Bar Mechanism
Inversion of a kinematic linkage or mechanism is observing the motion of the members of the mechanism with fixing different links as reference frame. …
Continue ReadingKinematics – Design of Mechanisms: Degrees of Freedom
Degrees of Freedom of members and joints of mechanisms govern the working of a machine. Each member of mechanism can move in certain directions or …
Continue ReadingKinematics – Design of Machines: Analysis and Synthesis
To obtain the desired motion of a machine, the design has to involve analysis beforehand. Read an introduction to the design of mechanisms by analysis …
Continue ReadingTypes of Kinematic Joints in the Design of Machines
The members forming the mechanisms and machines are connected together through Kinematic Joints. The properties of joints such as relative motion and …
Continue ReadingAdvantages of Geothermal Power Plants. Advantages of Using Geothermal Energy for Producing Electricity
Geothermal power plants are used for production of electricity from geothermal energy. The traditional thermal power plants need fuel for generating …
Continue ReadingWhat is Kinematics? Kinematics - Design of Mechanisms: Introduction to kinematics
Machines as simple as livers, machines such as James Watt’s steam engine and the industrial robots such as PUMA all are composed of mechanisms whether …
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