Abstract: The problem of mobility associated with four-bar linkages is addressed in this paper. The mobility analysis is reduced to finding the global extrema of a quadratic function on a cylinder, which ...

Abstract: As shown elsewhere, the approximate least-square synthesis of function-generating linkages can be formulated in terms of one single decision variable. Hence, functions representing global properties ...

Abstract: The thermal performance of a plate-type air collector was evaluated experimentally. Tests were performed at the two ASHRAE Standard 93-1986 recommended flowrates and at a variety of inlet gage ...