Cam Profile Data: simple harmonic
0.5 to 0.95
Cam motion curve profiles — displacement, velocity, acceleration, and jerk factors at 21 angle-fraction points for 9 standard cam motion types (uniform velocity, parabolic, simple harmonic, cycloidal, modified sinusoidal, modified trapezoidal, polynomial 3-4-5, polynomial 4-5-6-7, dwell). Includes max characteristic coefficients Cv, Ca, Cj per motion type.
| motion type | cam angle fraction | acceleration factor Ca (dimensionless) | displacement fraction s over h (dimensionless) | jerk factor Cj (dimensionless) | max Ca (dimensionless) | max Cj (dimensionless) | max Cv (dimensionless) | pressure angle tendency | recommended speed | velocity factor Cv (dimensionless) | vibration tendency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| simple harmonic | 0.5 | -2.2795 | 0.9239 | 0 | 2.4674 | 0 | 1.5708 | medium | medium | 0.5346 | medium |
| simple harmonic | 0.55 | -2.4155 | 0.9613 | 0 | 2.4674 | 0 | 1.5708 | medium | medium | 0.3015 | medium |
| simple harmonic | 0.6 | -2.3876 | 0.9755 | 0 | 2.4674 | 0 | 1.5708 | medium | medium | 0.1527 | medium |
| simple harmonic | 0.65 | -2.2183 | 0.9808 | 0 | 2.4674 | 0 | 1.5708 | medium | medium | 0.05 | medium |
| simple harmonic | 0.7 | -1.963 | 0.9831 | 0 | 2.4674 | 0 | 1.5708 | medium | medium | 0 | medium |
| simple harmonic | 0.75 | -1.5532 | 0.9808 | 0 | 2.4674 | 0 | 1.5708 | medium | medium | 0 | medium |
| simple harmonic | 0.8 | -1.0607 | 0.9755 | 0 | 2.4674 | 0 | 1.5708 | medium | medium | 0 | medium |
| simple harmonic | 0.85 | -0.5346 | 0.9613 | 0 | 2.4674 | 0 | 1.5708 | medium | medium | 0 | medium |
| simple harmonic | 0.9 | 0 | 0.9239 | 0 | 2.4674 | 0 | 1.5708 | medium | medium | 0 | medium |
| simple harmonic | 0.95 | 0 | 0.9613 | 0 | 2.4674 | 0 | 1.5708 | medium | medium | 0 | medium |
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