Synthesis of six-link, slider-crank and four-link mechanisms for function, path and motion generation using homotopy with m-homogenization

Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 1122-1131

  Dhingra, A K ^a   Cheng, J C ^a   Kohli, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTION GENERATORS; KINEMATICS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; POLYNOMIALS;

HOMOTOPY; M-HOMOGENIZATION; SLIDER CRANK MECHANISMS;

MECHANISMS;

EID: 0028727427     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2919496     Document Type: Article

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