Planar closed loop double chain linkages

Mechanism and Machine Theory

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 850-859

  Mao, Decan ^a   Luo, Yaozhi ^a   You, Zhong ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

4R linkage; Closed loop; Double chain; The Kempe linkage

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; HINGES;

4R LINKAGE; CLOSED LOOP; DOUBLE CHAIN; MOBILITY CONDITIONS; PHYSICAL MODELS; THE KEMPE LINKAGE;

MODELS;

EID: 59649110322     PISSN: 0094114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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