A hierarchical decomposition scheme for the topological synthesis of articulated gear mechanisms

Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 256-263

  Chen, D Z ^a   Liu, C P ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; GEARS; GRAPH THEORY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYNOMIALS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICULATED GEAR MECHANISMS (AGM); HIERARCHICAL DECOMPOSITION METHOD;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 0032631040     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2829452     Document Type: Article

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