Abstract
Education in mechanism theory is essential for helping university students deeply understand machine. However, for students to imagine a mechanical movement through plane and stationary information is difficult. In addition, simulating and checking how mechanical movement changes along with changing the length of links and the number of pairs is also difficult. In this paper, MATLAB®/Simulink®/SimscapeTM MultibodyTM is applied for mechanism education and some mechanism practice. The introduced program’ s effect is verified with questionnaires and students’ GPAs. According to analysis of the questionnaires, the proposal method shows the possibility of improving students’ understanding and motivation. The practice introduced here is effective for students with rather high GPAs, seeming to improve their motivation for study. However, considering the specification like a university specializing in manufacturing, joining this educational program to 3D CAD education may also be useful for students with relatively low GPAs.
