Abstract: This work presents a constraint satisfaction problem (CSP) approach to design, integrating a function-based design generation algorithm to a geometric modeler. Our long-term goal is to create a ...

Abstract: Mechanism researchers have developed several types of codes and indices, to indicate if a pair of kinematic chains is isomorphic. Unfortunately, most of these codes or indices are either ...

Abstract: A patented double crank ring-plate-type cycloid drive is introduced in this paper. The new drive requires no output unit and places no limit on the size of the tumbler bearing. The drive is ...

Abstract: This paper presents a general graph grammar methodology for structure synthesis of mechanisms. Much of current mechanism design is based on a systematic method popularized by Freudenstein, ...

Abstract: Product development organizations are unwilling to compromise product functionality, unit cost, or time to market in order to create products that have less environmental impact than that required ...

Abstract: Engineering Design, 4th edition,. McGraw-Hill, New York, 2009, ISBN: 978-0-07-283703-2

Abstract: True design with grammars lies in the creation of the grammar rules, not in the application of the rules to generate design alternatives. Existing grammars can be modified to describe new ...