Graph theoretic modeling and analysis of multibody planar mechanical systems

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A:Systems and Humans.

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 97-111

  Lang, Sherman Y T ^a,b   Kesavan, H K ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Equations of motion; Graph theory; Mechanical modeling; Planar mechanisms; Symbolic formulation

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL-ALGEBRAIC EQUATIONS; MECHANICAL MODELING; PLANAR MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; SYMBOLIC FORMULATION;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; GRAPH THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANISMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

DYNAMICS;

EID: 0035275803     PISSN: 10834427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3468.911367     Document Type: Article

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