A graphical method to find the secondary instantaneous centers of zero velocity for the double butterfly linkage

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 268-274

  Foster, David E ^a   Pennock, Gordon R ^b  

^a CATERPILLAR INC   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMETRY; GRAPHIC METHODS; RIGIDITY; VECTORS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ARONHOLD-KENNEDY THEOREM; DOUBLE BUTTERFLY LINKAGE; SECONDARY INSTANTANEOUS CENTERS; ZERO VELOCITY;

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS);

EID: 0038205772     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1567313     Document Type: Article

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