TY - JOUR
T1 - Atlas of spherical four-bar mechanisms
AU - Mullineux, Glen
PY - 2011/11
Y1 - 2011/11
N2 - An atlas or catalogue of mechanisms provides a useful aid in the synthesis of mechanisms for new applications. The atlas stores mechanisms together with their coupler paths. Fourier techniques can be used as a convenient means for representing, in normalized form, curves for planar mechanisms. This paper looks at the extension to spherical four-bar mechanisms. In particular, a means for projecting a spherical curve onto a plane is discussed which depends only on the geometry of the curve and not on the choice of world coordinate system.
AB - An atlas or catalogue of mechanisms provides a useful aid in the synthesis of mechanisms for new applications. The atlas stores mechanisms together with their coupler paths. Fourier techniques can be used as a convenient means for representing, in normalized form, curves for planar mechanisms. This paper looks at the extension to spherical four-bar mechanisms. In particular, a means for projecting a spherical curve onto a plane is discussed which depends only on the geometry of the curve and not on the choice of world coordinate system.
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UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2011.06.001
U2 - 10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2011.06.001
DO - 10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2011.06.001
M3 - Article
SN - 0094-114X
VL - 46
SP - 1811
EP - 1823
JO - Mechanism and Machine Theory
JF - Mechanism and Machine Theory
IS - 11
ER -