Abstract: The type synthesis of plane linkages can be formulated as a systematic enumeration of linear graphs. In this study, the concepts of a “contraction map” of a graph and of enumeration technique ...

Abstract: A method is described using screw coordinates for the dynamical analysis of systems of pair-connected rigid bodies, such as plane and three-dimensional mechanisms, including gyroscopes. The use ...

Abstract: The basic concepts of screw coordinates described in Part I are applied to the numerical kinematic analysis of spatial mechanisms. The techniques are illustrated with reference to the displacement, ...