An optimally re-configurable planar Gough-Stewart machining platform

Mechanism and Machine Theory

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 334-357

  Du Plessis, L J ^a   Snyman, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Boundary; Constraints; Feasible design; Optimization; Parallel kinematic machine tool; Planar Gough Stewart machining platform; Re configurable test model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

BOUNDARY; CONSTRAINTS; FEASIBLE DESIGN; PLANAR GOUGH-STEWART MACHINING PLATFORM; RE-COFIGURABLE TEST MODELS;

MACHINING;

EID: 28844509498     PISSN: 0094114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2005.05.007     Document Type: Article

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