A framework for closed-form displacement analysis of planar mechanisms

Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 392-401

  Almadi, A N ^a   Dhingra, A K ^a   Kohli, D ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Milwaukee   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FUNCTIONS; KINEMATICS; POLYNOMIALS;

CLOSED-FORM DISPLACEMENT ANALYSIS; PLANAR MECHANISMS; UNIVARIATE POLYNOMIALS;

MECHANISMS;

EID: 0033187515     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2829474     Document Type: Article

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