Initial estimates in the design of rack-and-pinion steering linkages

Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 194-200

  Simionescu, P A ^a,c   Smith, M R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ERROR CORRECTION; KINEMATICS; MECHANISMS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STEERING;

RACK-AND-PINION STEERING LINKAGES;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 0034206256     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.533560     Document Type: Article

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