An approach to mechanism topology identification with consideration of design processes progression

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

Volumn 211, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 175-183

  Zhang, W J ^a   Klein Breteler, A J ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Design process; Identification; Mechanism; Topology

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MACHINE DESIGN; TOPOLOGY;

MECHANISM TOPOLOGY IDENTIFICATION;

MECHANISMS;

EID: 0030703760     PISSN: 09544062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954406971521755     Document Type: Article

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