Screw system analysis of parallel mechanisms and applications to constraint and mobility study

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 2 B, Issue , 2004, Pages 1569-1582

  Dai, Jian S ^a   Huang, Zhen ^b   Lipkin, Harvey ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b YANSHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mobility; Multisets; Parallel mechanisms; Screws; Virtual constraints

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); GEOMETRY; MATRIX ALGEBRA; STIFFNESS; VECTORS;

MOBILITY; MULTISETS; PARALLEL MECHANISMS; VIRTUAL CONSTRAINTS;

SCREWS;

EID: 13944272656     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/detc2004-57604     Document Type: Conference Paper

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