Performance of EAs for four-bar linkage synthesis

Mechanism and Machine Theory

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1784-1794

  Acharyya, S K ^a   Mandal, M ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Coupler curve; Evolutionary algorithm; Four bar mechanisms; Optimisation; Path generation; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

COUPLER CURVE; FOUR-BAR MECHANISMS; OPTIMISATION; PATH GENERATION; SYNTHESIS;

BARS (METAL); GRAPH THEORY; MACHINE DESIGN; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING;

EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS;

EID: 67349264404     PISSN: 0094114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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