Abstract: A cam driving a single lumped mass through a massless, elastic, slider-crank follower linkage is considered. A technique is developed for synthesizing the cam profile to produce a desired output ...

Abstract: A different approach for the synthesis of four-bar planar path generating mechanisms is presented. A continuation method is used to solve the system of nonlinear equations derived for the path ...

Abstract: The displacement equations for trials with motion generation and prescribed timing capabilities are developed and cast in polynomial forms. These equations are solved for five precision points ...

Abstract: A continuation method is used for the synthesis of triads for motion generation with prescribed timing applications. The procedure is applied to solve both six and seven position synthesis ...

Abstract: This paper demonstrates the synthesis of a geared five-bar path generating mechanism using continuation methods. The gear ratio can be varied resulting in a solution set of geared five-bars ...

Abstract: Certain communications satellites carry liquid stores on board for station tending and attitude adjustment. However, sloshing of the liquid can cause an undesirable nutational motion of the ...

Abstract: A cam driving a lumped inertia through an elastic slider-crank follower linkage with a curved beam coupler is considered. An iterative procedure utilizing the finite element method developed by ...