A procedure to count the number of planar mechanisms subject to design constraints from kinematic chains

Mechanism and Machine Theory

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 676-694

  Hung, Chih Ching ^a   Yan, Hong Sen ^b   Pennock, Gordon R ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b DA YEH UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Candidate kinematic chains; Combinatorial mathematics; Conceptual design; Design constraints; Graph theory; Linkage path code; Modified permutation groups; Non isomorphic mechanisms

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; CONSTRAINT THEORY; FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS; GRAPH THEORY;

CANDIDATE KINEMATIC CHAINS; DESIGN CONSTRAINTS; LINKAGE PATH CODE; MODIFIED PERMUTATION GROUPS; NON ISOMORPHIC MECHANISMS;

KINEMATICS;

EID: 41849127409     PISSN: 0094114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2007.06.009     Document Type: Article

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