Abstract: A circuit is a distinct continuous range of motion of a mechanism. Changing circuits necessitates disassembling the mechanism. Thus, a designer must ensure a mechanism does not change circuits ...

Abstract: Improved definitions for circuits and branches of mechanisms are proposed and discussed in application to planar linkages. The difficulty of circuit and branch identification of multi-loop planar ...

Abstract: The circuit defect arises in precision position based linkage synthesis when a potential solution linkage cannot be moved between all precision positions without disassembly. Circuit rectification ...

Abstract: Circuit rectification ensures that a linkage may reach all precision positions without disassembly. Circuit rectification is crucial to the practical synthesis of Stephenson linkages, which have ...