On the Application of Kinematic Units to the Topological Analysis of Geared Mechanisms

Based on the concept of kinematic fractionation, a systematic method for the topolo analysis of geared mechanisms is presented in this paper. It is shown that a g kinematic chain (GKC) can be regarded as a combination of kinematic unit(s). By i tifying the embedded kinematic units, kinematic insight in the GKC can be exposed disclosed information leads to straightforward and promising rules to prevent redun links. These rules form the basis of a by-inspection procedure to determine admi assignments of the ground, input and output links in a GKC. Admissible assignme the ground, input and output links of one degree-of-freedom 5 link GKCs are determ as an illustrative example.@DOI: 10.1115/1.1352022 #