A new method for torque balancing of planar linkages using non-circular gears

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

Volumn 217, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 495-503

  Yao, Y A ^a   Yan, H S ^b  

^a BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Gear linkage mechanism; Non circular gear; Torque balancing

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; GEARS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; POWER TRANSMISSION;

PLANAR LINKAGES;

TORQUE;

GEAR;

EID: 0038381555     PISSN: 09544062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095440603765226786     Document Type: Article

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