Abstract: A rational method for allocating the tolerances on wire and coil sizes of helical springs is presented. Allocation of the tolerances on breadth, thickness, and length of a flat spring is also ...

Abstract: Parallelism can be associated with every closed kinematic chain or its representative graph. Parallelism throws light on work space, rigidity, speed ratios (mechanical advantage), etc., and is ...

Abstract: A genetic algorithm for testing isomorphism among kinematic chains and to select the best frame and input links is presented. The computational effort involved is minimum and the method is ...

Abstract: The information theory based on probability concept was developed for application in communication engineering. This theory utilizes the concept of “entropy,” a measure of uncertainty. The errors ...

Abstract: New planetary gear trains (PGTs) are generated using graph theory. A geared kinematic chain is converted to a graph and a graph in turn is algebraically represented by a vertex-vertex adjacency ...

Abstract: The most important step in the structural synthesis of planetary gear trains (PGTs) requires the identification of isomorphism (rotational as well as displacement) between the graphs which represent ...

Abstract: Structural synthesis of kinematic chains usually involves the creation of a complete list of kinematic chains, followed by a isomorphism test to discard duplicate chains. A significant unsolved ...