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Chapter20:CamDynamics
ByJosephE.Shigley

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Figure20.1aisacrosssectionalviewshowingtheoverheadvalvearrangementinanautomobileengine.Inanalyzingthedynamicsofthisoranyothercam
system,wewouldexpecttodeterminethecontactforceatthecamsurface,thespringforce,andthecamshafttorque,allforacompleterotationofthecam.In
onemethodofanalysistheentirecamfollowertrain,consistingofthepushrod,therockerarm,andthevalvestemtogetherwiththecamshaft,areconsidered
rigid.Ifthemembersareinfactfairlyrigidandifthespeedismoderate,suchananalysiswillusuallyproducequitesatisfactoryresults.Inanyevent,suchrigid
bodyanalysisshouldalwaysbemadefirst.
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