DefinePK

Abstract

This technological development consists of the implementation of numerical methods, vectors, two-dimensional matrices and programming language, whose purpose is to analyze and calculate kinematic variables of position, velocity and acceleration of flat mechanisms with a predefined degree of freedom. For the development of this desktop application, the advances that have been made in this area were reviewed and, based on this; didactic software was proposed that meets the necessary requirements for the kinematic analysis of flat mechanisms with a degree of freedom. An algorithm was developed, and then the instructions coded in a high-level programming language, which allows the processing of user-supplied input parameters through graphical interfaces and dialog boxes. The processed data are dimensional and geometrical properties, location and relative joints of the physical elements belonging to a configuration type of flat mechanisms. This computational tool, which consumes few computer resources, provides kinematic resolution of flat mechanisms with a degree of freedom in processing times of the order of milliseconds, on the other hand, it avoids using geometric and analytical methods, which are tedious and extensive in written equations, therefore, it reduces the risk of misusing a variable or a mathematical sign. The functionality of this application is tested by solving exercises proposed and existing in the literature on the theory of machines and mechanisms.