Abstract: Revisions of the Denavit-Hartenberg symbolic notation are proposed which extend its use to the entire domain of rigid link mechanisms. The extended notation provides a clear separation of the ...

Abstract: The motivational background and a comprehensive modeling framework for incorporating localized design details of joints in the overall multibody models are described in this paper. A direct contact ...

Abstract: An experimental software system for automating the kinematic, static, and dynamic analyses of arbitrary mechanisms is described. The development of a comprehensive analytical technique based on ...

Abstract: A generalized modeling procedure for curves and surfaces in direct contact relative motions is developed, such that these joints can be consistently included in the well-developed and established ...