Two wheels connected by an unactuated variable length axle on uneven ground: Kinematic modeling and experiments

Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 235-240

  Choi, B J ^a   Sreenivasan, S V ^a   Davis, P W ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; FRICTION; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTION CONTROL; VEHICLE WHEELS;

FIXED-LENGTH AXLES;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 0032653350     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2829449     Document Type: Article

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