On realization of spherical joints in RSSR mechanisms

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 924-930

  Ting, Kwun Lon ^a   Zhu, Jianmin ^b  

^a TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ETHICON INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); EQUATIONS OF MOTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANISMS; UNIVERSAL JOINTS;

ROTATABILITY REQUIREMENT; RSSR MECHANISMS; SPHERICAL JOINTS;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 24344507321     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1904641     Document Type: Article

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