Abstract: This paper presents an overview of a component-based approach for the dimensional synthesis of planar mechanisms. The components on which the approach is based are called triads, dyads, and ...

Abstract: The kinematic behavior of a mechanism may be modeled using a number of different formalisms. In this paper, the description of machine tool errors is examined using screw coordinates. The six ...

Abstract: Graph theory has been demonstrated by many researchers to be useful during the conceptual phase of mechanism design. For the particular class of mechanisms known as planetary gear trains, the ...

Abstract: One of the problems encountered in attempting to computerize type synthesis of mechanisms is that of automatically generating a computer graphics display of candidate kinematic chains or mechanisms. ...