Synthesis of a complete set of contracted graphs for planar non-fractionated simple-jointed kinematic chains with all possible DOFs

Mechanism and Machine Theory

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1588-1600

  Ding, Huafeng ^a,b   Hou, Fengmao ^a   Kecskeméthy, Andrés ^b   Huang, Zhen ^a  

^a YANSHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contracted graph; Human machine interaction; Isomorphism identification; Kinematic chain; Structural synthesis

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); GRAPHIC METHODS; MECHANICS; SET THEORY; TOPOLOGY;

CONTRACTED GRAPH; HUMAN MACHINE INTERACTION; ISOMORPHISM IDENTIFICATION; KINEMATIC CHAIN; STRUCTURAL SYNTHESIS;

KINEMATICS;

EID: 84863312127     PISSN: 0094114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2011.07.012     Document Type: Article

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