Joint-codes representations for mechanisms and chains with variable topologies

Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 131-143

  Yan, Hong Sen ^a   Liu, Nien Te ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Graphs; Joint codes; Mechanisms; Topology matrix; Variable chains

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; GRAPH THEORY; LOCKS (FASTENERS); MACHINING CENTERS; TOPOLOGY; UNIVERSAL JOINTS;

JOINT CODES; TOPOLOGY MATRIX; VARIABLE CHAINS;

MECHANISMS;

EID: 0141607032     PISSN: 03158977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/tcsme-2003-0007     Document Type: Article

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