MODULAR APPROACH TO THE DESIGN OF PATH GENERATING PLANAR MECHANISMS

Year 2018, Volume: 2 Issue: 2, 60 - 72, 15.05.2018

İskender Özkul , Hüseyin Mutlu

https://doi.org/10.31127/tuje.345153

Cited By: 1

Abstract

A novel approach, called modular approach, is presented in this paper making possible the closed-form solutions of the planar path-generating multi-link mechanisms with lower pairs. In this approach, the mechanism is viewed as a suitable combination of some simpler components called "modules". The design of the modules is realized by applying the socalled Precision-Point, Subdomain and Galerkin methods. The approach is illustrated on 4-bar, slider-crank, double-slider, 5-bar and 6-link mechanisms. Numerical results prove the effectiveness of the approach. 

Keywords

Mechanism, path generating, multilink

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