Kinematic Geometry of MechanismsThis text relates classical two- and three-dimensional geometry to mechanisms. The emphasis is geometrical rather than analytical. |
Contents
THE COMPONENTS OF MECHANISM | 1 |
Examples 1B | 22 |
FREEDOM AND STRUCTURE IN MECHANISM | 30 |
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algebraic algebraic connection algebraic curve angle angular axes axis axodes body centrodes circular common normal cone connection coupler curve coupling crank-rocker cubic of stationary cusp cylindroid degenerate displacement double points elliptic equation finite fixed four four-bar linkage four-system freedoms geometrical given hinged homogeneous coordinates hyperbolic paraboloid hyperboloid imaginary infinite pitch infinitesimal inflexion circle input input-output instantaneous centre intersect kinematic chain kinematic pairs line at infinity linear complex linearly linearly independent locations loop mechanism moving lamina osculating output parallel path pitch h planar four-bar planar motion planar pencil plane Plücker coordinates positions principal screws profiles quadric quadrilateral R-pair reciprocal regulus right-angles rotation ruled surface screw axis screw systems screws of infinite series-connected shafts spatial special three-system spherical stationary configuration stationary curvature straight line tacnode tangent theorem traced transitorily two-system uncertainty-configuration velocity w₁ z-axis zero pitch Ов