ABSTRACT
In this final chapter, a number of applications of the programs and procedures introduced earlier in this book are presented. ¬e Œrst three of these applications are from Dynamics and Vibrations solved using the D_2D program. ¬e next examples are of curve Œtting through minimization, graphical representation of single-valued functions of three or more variables and random number generation (including plotting them as histograms). Additional applications of the procedures in unit LibAssur are then presented (i.e., kinematic simulation of dwell and quick-return mechanisms and of mechanisms with repetitive topology and animation of the Œxed and moving centrodes of a four-bar linkage), followed by two Working Model 2D simulations of planetary gears. Also presented is a program to purge unwanted Œles from current directory. A®er submitting the Œrst dra® of manuscript to the publisher, several more applications have been added to this chapter as follows: plotting implicit functions, direct and inverse kinematics of SCARA robots, rope shovel and excavator motion simulation, multilink suspension analysis and ²ywheel design of a punch press.
