A note on Grashof's theorem

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 239-248

  Chang, Wen Tung ^a   Lin, Chen Chou ^b   Wu, Long Iong ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Grashof's theorem; Planar four bar linkage; Stationary configuration; Uncertainty configuration

Indexed keywords

UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

GRASHOF'S THEOREM; STATIONARY CONFIGURATION; UNCERTAINTY CONFIGURATION;

THEOREM PROVING;

EID: 33644917727     PISSN: 10232796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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