Cylindrical joint

{{short description|Kinematic pair which constrains bodies to sliding and rotating about an axis}}

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A cylindrical joint is a two-degrees-of-freedom kinematic pair used in mechanisms.{{cite book|last=Norton|first=Robert L.|title=Design of Machinery|publisher=McGraw Hill Higher Education|location=Boston, MA|year=2008|edition=4th|pages=33|chapter=2|isbn=978-0-07-312158-1}} Cylindrical joints constrain two bodies to a single axis while allowing them to rotate about and slide along that axis. This can be pictured by an unsecured axle mounted on a chassis, as it may freely rotate and translate.{{cite book|last=Shabana|first=Ahmed A.|title=Computational Dynamics|url=https://archive.org/details/computationaldyn00shab_783|url-access=limited|publisher=John Wiley and Sons|year=2001|edition=2nd|pages=[https://archive.org/details/computationaldyn00shab_783/page/n434 434]|isbn=978-0-471-05326-2}} An example of this would be the rotating rods of a table football (foosball).