A symmetry analysis of mechanisms in rotating rings of tetrahedra

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 461, Issue 2058, 2005, Pages 1829-1846

  Fowler, P W ^a   Guest, S D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mechanism; Mobility; Symmetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 22244467714     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2004.1439     Document Type: Article

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