Virtual prototyping of parallel mechanisms

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part K: Journal of Multi-body Dynamics

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 21-37

  Bianchi, G ^a   Molinari Tosatti, L ^a   Fassi, I ^a  

^a ITIA CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Multi body analysis; PKM; Virtual prototyping

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346737610     PISSN: 14644193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/146441902760029366     Document Type: Article

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