Do you know this book?

[Nikolas Ojala]

J. J. Williams
Introduction to Analytical Methods for Internal Combustion Engine Cam Mechanisms
Springer Science & Business Media, 2012
ISBN 978-1-4471-4563-9

If you have read that book, a short review would be welcome.

[SchmidtMotorWorks]

Yes, it is the best explanation of the math needed to design a cam for automotive use in one place.
It is a piecewise approach.

There are better ways to do it using b-splines or NURBS working at the second derivitive and then integrating and solving to get velocity and lift but it requires knowledge of efficient coding for splines and solving for multiple constraints.

[Nikolas Ojala]

Ok, thanks!

[lada ok]

J. J. Williams
Introduction to Analytical Methods for Internal Combustion Engine Cam Mechanisms
Springer Science & Business Media, 2012
ISBN 978-1-4471-4563-9

If you have read that book, a short review would be welcome.

No, to be honest, I personally don't have the mathematical training to understand the construction of the formula,or expressions,
Nor do 99.7 % of the ST flock, including those who specialize in automotive cam grinding.
I ask myself " why the F... would I delve into something that is basically corrupt "

So a machine just spins round and round, maybe up and down, and that's it is it
So your going to read a book you struggle to understand, and design a auto cam from scratch What And forget the wheel that you lean on

[SchmidtMotorWorks]

J. J. Williams
Introduction to Analytical Methods for Internal Combustion Engine Cam Mechanisms
Springer Science & Business Media, 2012
ISBN 978-1-4471-4563-9

If you have read that book, a short review would be welcome.

No, to be honest, I personally don't have the mathematical training to understand the construction of the formula,or expressions,
Nor do 99.7 % of the ST flock, including those who specialize in automotive cam grinding.
I ask myself " why the F... would I delve into something that is basically corrupt "

So a machine just spins round and round, maybe up and down, and that's it is it
So your going to read a book you struggle to understand, and design a auto cam from scratch What And forget the wheel that you lean on

A better book for someone just jumping in is the old Moon book on cams that is available in pdf format all over the internet.

http://www.camcoindex.com/svcman/moonbook.pdf

[user-23911]

I thought the idea was to just copy off another cam, one which works better?

[Nikolas Ojala]

A better book for someone just jumping in is the old Moon book on cams that is available in pdf format all over the internet.

http://www.camcoindex.com/svcman/moonbook.pdf

That looks good. Thanks again!

[Nikolas Ojala]

So your going to read a book you struggle to understand, and design a auto cam from scratch What

No. I just like to read about things I am interested in and want to understand further. So simple.

[lada ok]

So your going to read a book you struggle to understand, and design a auto cam from scratch What

No. I just like to read about things I am interested in and want to understand further. So simple.

So simple.... then why write a book about it

[Nikolas Ojala]

My explanation was simple. Ok?