Automatic synthesis of crank driven four-bar mechanisms for two, three, or four-position motion generation

Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 225-231

  Bawab, S ^a   Sabada, S ^b   Srinivasan, U ^b   Kinzel, G L ^b   Waldron, K J ^b  

^a Old Dominion University   (United States)

^b Department of Mecha ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONNECTING RODS; CRANKSHAFTS; DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION;

INTERACTIVE SYNTHESIS; MOTION GENERATION;

MECHANISMS;

EID: 0031165127     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2826240     Document Type: Article

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