TY - JOUR
T1 - Synthesis of Geared Planar Linkage Mechanisms through the Segmentation of Multiloop Mechanisms into Discrete Chains
AU - Mather, Sean
AU - Erdman, Arthur
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 by the authors.
PY - 2024/3
Y1 - 2024/3
N2 - Gears are foundational tools used to transmit or modify mechanical energy or motion. Implementing gears into planar linkage mechanisms is less common but can be a similarly valuable technique that takes advantage of the high efficiency of gears while producing complex and precise motions. While recent numerical methods for designing these geared planar linkage mechanisms (GPLMs) have proliferated in the literature, analytical approaches have their merits and have received less attention. Here, an analytical alternative is presented as a modification of the complex-number loop-based synthesis method for designing multiloop mechanisms. Some of the base topologies for geared dyad, triad, and quadriad chains are presented, along with a numerical example demonstrating the solution procedure’s effectiveness.
AB - Gears are foundational tools used to transmit or modify mechanical energy or motion. Implementing gears into planar linkage mechanisms is less common but can be a similarly valuable technique that takes advantage of the high efficiency of gears while producing complex and precise motions. While recent numerical methods for designing these geared planar linkage mechanisms (GPLMs) have proliferated in the literature, analytical approaches have their merits and have received less attention. Here, an analytical alternative is presented as a modification of the complex-number loop-based synthesis method for designing multiloop mechanisms. Some of the base topologies for geared dyad, triad, and quadriad chains are presented, along with a numerical example demonstrating the solution procedure’s effectiveness.
KW - geared planar linkage mechanism
KW - kinematic synthesis
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U2 - 10.3390/machines12030182
DO - 10.3390/machines12030182
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85189037329
SN - 2075-1702
VL - 12
JO - Machines
JF - Machines
IS - 3
M1 - 182
ER -