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DOI: 10.1036/0071433287 DOI Page 6x9 10/2/02 1:33 PM Page 1 Want to learn more? , We hope you enjoy this McGraw-Hill eBook! If you d like more information about this book, its author, or related books and websites, please click here. THBPR 9/19/03 7:30 PM Page iii To Florence, Ellen, Dan and Jane, Candice, Michael, Jessica and Justine This page intentionally left blank. THBPR 9/19/03 7:30 PM Page v For more information about this title, click here. CONTENTS Contributors vii Preface ix Chapter 1. Introduction 1 Chapter 2. Basic Curves 27 Chapter 3. Modified Cam Curves 55 Chapter 4. Polynomial and Fourier Series Cam Curves 89 Chapter 5. Cam Motion Synthesis Using Spline Functions 107 Chapter 6. Elements of Cam Profile Geometry 159 Chapter 7. Geometry of Planer Cam Profiles 175 Chapter 8. Cam Mechanism Forces 217 Chapter 9. Cam Materials and Lubrication 251 Chapter 10. Cam Manufacturing 285 Chapter 11. Cam System Modeling 315 Chapter 12. Cam System Dynamics—Analysis 357 Chapter 13. Cam System Dynamics—Response 399 Chapter 14. Special Cam Mechanisms 453 Chapter 15. Cams in Microelectromechanical Systems 505 Chapter 16. Automotive Camshaft Dynamics 529 Appendix A Basic Contours 545 Appendix B Basic Cam Curve Factors 551 Appendix C Polynomial Coefficients 557 Appendix D Cam Computer Software 561 Appendix E CAD/CAM for a Medical Instrument Cam Mechanism 565 Appendix F Optinal Control Theory Derivation for Two-Point Boundary Value Problem 585 Index 587 v Copyright 2004 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Click Here for Terms of Use. This page intentionally left blank. THBPR 9/19/03 7:30 PM Page vii CONTRIBUTORS G.K.Ananthasuresh Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (chap. 15) Jorge Angeles Professor of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Canada (chap. 7) J.Jesús Cervantes-Sánchez Professor, Departamento de Ingeniera Mecanica, Universidad de Guanajuato, Salamanca, Mexico (chap. 7) Thomas L.Dresner Consulting Engineer, Mountain View, California (chap. 13) Demitri Elgin D. Elgin Cams Co., Redwood City, California (chap. 16) J.Christian Gerdes Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Design Division, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California (chap. 11) Cecil O.Huey,Jr. Professor of Mechanical Engineering Clemson University, Clemson, South Car- olina (chap. 5) Harold A. Rothbart Dean Emeritus, College of Science and Engineering, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, New Jersey (chaps. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14) Carlos Santiago Lopez-Cajún Professor de la Faculted, Departamento de Ingenieria, Univer- sidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico (chap. 7) Dermin Tsay Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Sun Yat Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (chap. 5) vii Copyright 2004 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Click Here for Terms of Use. This page intentionally left blank.