Kinematic synthesis of planar, shape-changing, rigid body mechanisms for design profiles with significant differences in arc length

• Main Authors: Shamsudin, Shamsul Anuar, Murray, Andrew P., Myszka, David H., Schmiedeler, James P.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2013
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/12114/1/Shamsudin_S.A_MMT.pdf; http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/12114/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094114X13001651
• Institution: Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka

This paper presents a kinematic procedure to synthesize planar mechanisms capable of approximating a shape change defined by a general set of curves. These “morphing curves,” referred to as design profiles, differ from each other by a combination of displacement in the plane, shape variation, and no...