Traditional Mechanisms and Mechanical Systems: Topic 7 Part 1

This video is part of a raw unedited lecture series about traditional mechanisms and mechanical systems given by Professor Jonathan Hopkins at UCLA. Specifically, Topic 7 discusses how free-body diagrams can be used to calculate all internal and external loads acting on a general mechanism. Graphical methods are also introduced.
Additional course resources are posted to Professor Hopkins’ website:
www.flexible.seas.ucla.edu
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