Abstract: The paper presents the derivation of the equations of motion of a fully elastic four-bar linkage using the assumed mode analysis approach. The form of the solution for the member deflections ...

Abstract: Design equations are developed for rigid body guidance through K equals one, two, three, and four exact positions and N – K approximate positions. Both circle and straight-line points are ...

Abstract: This paper shows a fundamental flaw in previously published linear superposition least-squares synthesis techniques. These techniques have the desirable noniteration characteristic. However, this ...

Abstract: Theory and design algorithms, which account for the manufacturing cost and statistical manufacturing tolerance effects as well as the structural error, are presented for the synthesis of function ...

Abstract: An improved general theory for the least-squares synthesis of function-generating mechanisms is developed. This theory leads to a rapidly converging iterative-type algorithm, the use of which is ...