... quaternions and pure rolling models between two circles, an algebraic approach is presented to precisely synthesize new 1DOF linkages with arbitrarily prescribed constant velocity ratios. The approach includes four steps: (a) formulate a characteristic curve occurred by the pure rolling, (b) compute...

...-based design Uncertainty analysis Uncertainty modeling Nano systems Design Synthesis The microstructures are stochastic by their nature due to the uncertainties arising from the manufacturing conditions. Therefore, the source of microstructural stochasticity is the aleatoric uncertainties...

... additional cost and interruption of production. A mixed integer linear programing (MILP) model is proposed to synthesize manufacturing systems based on the co-platforming methodology taking into consideration machine level changes including addition or removal of machine axes and changing setup as well...

... synthesis Compliant mechanisms Micro systems Nano systems Design Synthesis Microgripper, as a crucial element of micromanipulation, is usually designed to guarantee size compactness, accuracy, and controllability, and for these characteristics, it is much appreciated in a wide range...

..., Hungary, June 24–26, pp. 75 – 81 . 10.1109/RAAD.2010.5524581 [70] Verotti , M. , Dochshanov , A. , and Belfiore , N. , 2016 , “ Compliance Synthesis of CSFH MEMS-Based Microgrippers ,” ASME J. Mech. Des. , 139 ( 2 ), p. 022301 . 10.1115/1.4035053 [71] Belfiore , N. P...

... November 14, 2016. Assoc. Editor: Massimo Callegari. 27 04 2016 10 10 2016 Compliant mechanism synthesis Compliant mechanisms Design process Micro systems Nano systems Design Synthesis Due to recent developments of micro- and nanotechnology, microgripper...

... to the definition provided in Ref. [ 1 ]. 1 An earlier version of this manuscript appeared in the proceedings of IDETC. We have presented a novel method to synthesize machines from existing or manufacturable components, with important applications in the design of molecular machinery. The three-step...

... isotropic planes of symmetry ( j ); and irregular triangle sectors can be used within unit cells ( k ) to make lattices ( l ) with extreme thermal expansion properties FACT can also be used to synthesize pyramidal sectors that are inserted within space-filling polyhedrons to achieve 3D...

... in–SEM experiment is performed and the experimental results are interpreted through the theoretical models. Compliant mechanism synthesis Compliant mechanisms Micro systems Nano systems Design Synthesis It is clearly acknowledged, nowadays, that compliant mechanisms present some...

... together with a reconfigurable version ( nS ) of the same pair. Then, the type synthesis of underactuated parallel wrists generated from fully-parallel wrists (FPWs) has been addressed by replacing S pairs with either nS or nS pairs and ten wrist topologies have been identified: three with only one...

... ) , the linear translation T ( e 3 ) is a subset in both { G ( e 1 ) } and { G ( e 2 ) } . As is stated in the Introduction, the focus of this paper is to synthesize a rigid body guidance mechanism that can safeguard the wheel to track...

... modeling of a metamorphic mechanism provides a tool to synthesize the configuration evolution as an essential characteristic of the metamorphic mechanisms. This synthesis effectively uses the aforementioned biological building blocks in developing a source-metamorphic mechanism from different working-phase...

...Jing-Shan Zhao; Fulei Chu; Zhi-Jing Feng This paper proposes a synthesis method for rectilinear motion generating spatial mechanism with application to automotive suspension. First, it presents a generic process to synthesize the kinematic chains of a mechanism with the prescribed mobility...

... that is then converted to the coplanar condition of normals of all finger operation planes. The condition is then used to generate a coupler trajectory, and the iterative trajectory fitting and curve approximation are used for synthesis of palm links, leading to differential geometry based synthesis of angular lengths...

... and solved sequentially using classic globally convergence methods. Numerical experiments demonstrate that the PB method outperforms Levenberg-Marquardt method on solving a number of challenging synthesis problems in no more than 18 variables. On the other hand, Levenberg-Marquardt method normally...

... synthesis unstable trusses dead-center positions Engineering science provides a number of duality principles ( 1 ), for example, the principle of duality between the points and lines of the projective plane, are elements of a two-dimensional projective domain, so that there is a projective...

... and provides an alternative technique to the synthesis of structures and mechanisms. To simplify the design process, the synthesis problem can be transformed from the given system to the dual system in a straightforward manner. Girvin , S. M. , 1996 , “ Duality in Perspective ,” Science 0036...

... formulation and related algorithms can be used to synthesize and manufacture involute and bevel gears by means of suitable CNC machine tools. This theoretical approach, which is based on the envelope theory, can be extended to the synthesis of general skew gears by assuming a tooth flat-flank surface...

...Giorgio Figliolini; Jorge Angeles Motivated by the need to synthesize the tooth profiles of noncircular gears, we approach the synthesis of the tooth profile of circular spur gears using their pitch circle, rather than their base circle. We do this by means of envelope theory. The proposed...