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    • Dynamic Behavior and Design of Fatigue Test Specimens 

      Barry Wolf (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1971)
      In tension-tension, as well as in compression-tension, fatigue testing it has been observed that there exist combinations of loading and specimen characteristics for which the specimen becomes ...
    • A Strong Relationship Between New and Old Inversion Mechanisms 

      E. A. Dijksman (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1971)
      Application of the theory on cognate six-bars of Watt’s type makes it possible to link the well-known inversion mechanisms through mechanical cognation. It is proved that the inversors of ...
    • On the Smallest Circle Determined by Three Positions of a Rigid Body 

      O. Bottema; T. Koetsier; B. Roth (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1971)
      Three finitely separated positions of a rigid body determine circles which pass through the three homologous positions of each point. In this paper we determine the points in the body for ...
    • Development and Application of a Generalized d’Alembert Force for Multifreedom Mechanical Systems 

      M. A. Chace; Y. O. Bayazitoglu (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1971)
      A set of expressions termed the generalized d’Alembert force is determined for application to two and three-dimensional dynamic analysis of discrete, nonlinear, multifreedom, constrained, mechanical ...
    • Dynamic Analysis of Mechanical Systems With Clearances—Part 2: Dynamic Response 

      S. Dubowsky; F. Freudenstein (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1971)
      The theory developed in Part I has been applied to the determination of the dynamic response of the Impact Pair under various operating conditions. Simulation techniques, as well as approximate ...
    • Dynamic Analysis of Mechanical Systems With Clearances—Part 1: Formation of Dynamic Model 

      S. Dubowsky; F. Freudenstein (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1971)
      A mathematical model of an elastic mechanical joint with clearances has been formulated and the dynamical equations of motion derived (Part I). The model, which we have called an Impact Pair, ...
    • Coupler Cognates of Eight-Link Mechanisms With Ternary Links and Double Joints—Part 2 

      A. H. Soni (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1971)
      Using the principle of stretch rotation and the principle of similarly varying triangle, the existence of coupler cognates of eight-link mechanisms with ternary links and double joints is ...
    • Coupler Cognates of Eight-Link Mechanisms With Ternary and Quaternary Links—Part 1 

      A. H. Soni (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1971)
      Using the principle of stretch rotation and the principle of similarly varying triangle, existence of coupler cognates of eight-link mechanisms with ternary and quaternary links is established. ...
    • Link Length Bounds on the Four-Bar Chain 

      P. W. Eschenbach; D. Tesar (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1971)
      The four-link kinematic chain is studied in an effort to establish a bounded region to limit the chain link lengths based upon transmission angle inequality constraints. The resulting constraint ...
    • A Rating Formula for Fine Pitch Boundary Lubricated Gears 

      T. Walker (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1971)
      For the Instrument Engineer involved in the design of mechanisms that transmit power under boundary lubricated conditions, little information is available on which to base fine pitch gear load ...
    • Dynamic Analysis of Mechanisms Using Screw Coordinates 

      L. S. Woo; F. Freudenstein (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1971)
      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 ...
    • Elastic Link Mechanism Dynamics 

      R. C. Winfrey (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1971)
      An improved mathematical model of a mechanism is described whereby the elastic deformations of its links are determined. A method of solving for these deflections is presented along with examples ...
    • On the Use of the Undulating Elastica for the Analysis of Flexible Link Mechanisms 

      T. E. Shoup; C. W. McLarnan (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1971)
      The equations of the undulating elastica describing the static behavior of an end-loaded flexible strip include forces, elastic properties, dimensions, and some parameters which are not physically ...
    • Nonlinear Dynamic Response of Elastic Slider-Crank Mechanism 

      B. V. Viscomi; R. S. Ayre (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1971)
      An investigation of the vibratory bending response of the elastic connecting rod of a slider-crank mechanism is presented. The response of the system is found to be dependent upon five ...
    • Stereoscopic Drawings Made by Analog Computer of Three-Dimensional Surfaces Generated by Spatial Mechanism 

      L. E. Torfason; F. R. E. Crossley (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1971)
      Spatial mechanisms with up to five links and containing at least one ball joint can be solved by considering the intersection of the three dimensional surfaces which can be generated by ...
    • Structural Analysis of Two General Constraint Kinematic Chains and Their Practical Application 

      A. H. Soni (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1971)
      The structural analysis of space linkages with two general constraints has been conducted by using Franke’s condensed notation. Linkages with mobility one and mobility two with up to three loops ...
    • Roberts’ Cognate of Space Five-Link RHHHH and HHRHH Mechanisms 

      A. H. Soni; P. R. Pamidi (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1971)
      Using the principle of similarly varying triangles, the existence of the coupler cognate of space five-link RHHHH and HHRHH mechanisms is established for the general case in which the coupler ...
    • Closed-Form Displacement Relations of a Five-Link R-R-C-C-R Spatial Mechanism 

      A. H. Soni; P. R. Pamidi (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1971)
      Using (3 × 3) matrices with dual-number elements, closed form displacement relationships are derived for a spatial five-link R-R-C-C-R mechanism. The input-output closed form displacement ...
    • On a Model of a Pneumatically Actuated Mechanical System 

      M. Skreiner; P. Barkan (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1971)
      A model of a general mechanical system, comprising a pneumatic system coupled to a linkage mechanism, is developed. The dynamic system behavior is studied using the digital computer as a design ...
    • Extension of Freudenstein’s Equation to Geared Linkages 

      A. V. Mohan Rao; G. N. Sandor (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1971)
      Freudenstein’s equation for planar four-bar function generators correlates input and output crank positions implicitly in a scalar expression, with coefficients that are functions of link proportions. ...