Representation of topological changes in metamorphic mechanisms with matrices of the same dimension

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 130, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 0745011-0745014

  Lan, Z H ^a   Du, R ^b  

^a FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS; TOPOLOGY;

ADJACENCY MATRIX; KINEMATIC PAIRS; MATRIX; METAMORPHIC MECHANISMS; TOPOLOGICAL CHANGES;

MECHANISMS;

EID: 70449123981     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2918917     Document Type: Article

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