Solving the Kinematics of Planar Mechanisms

Author(s):  
Charles W. Wampler

Abstract This paper presents a general method for the analysis of planar mechanisms consisting of rigid links connected by rotational and/or translational joints. After describing the links as vectors in the complex plane, a simple recipe is outlined for formulating a set of polynomial equations which determine the locations of the links when the mechanism is assembled. It is then shown how to reduce this system of equations to a standard eigenvalue problem, or if preferred, a single resultant polynomial. Both input/output problems and tracing-curve equations are treated.

1999 ◽  
Vol 121 (3) ◽  
pp. 387-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. W. Wampler

This paper presents a general method for the analysis of planar mechanisms consisting of rigid links connected by rotational and/or translational joints. After describing the links as vectors in the complex plane, a simple recipe is outlined for formulating a set of polynomial equations which determine the locations of the links when the mechanism is assembled. It is then shown how to reduce this system of equations to a generalized eigenvalue problem, or in some cases, a single resultant polynomial. Both input/output problems and tracing-curve equations are treated.


2000 ◽  
Vol 123 (3) ◽  
pp. 382-387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles W. Wampler

This paper presents a general method for the analysis of any planar mechanism consisting of rigid links connected by revolute joints. The method combines a complex plane formulation [1] with the Dixon determinant procedure of Nielsen and Roth [2]. The result is simple to derive and implement, so in addition to providing numerical solutions, the approach facilitates analytical explorations. The procedure leads to a generalized eigenvalue problem of minimal size. Both input/output problems and the derivation of tracing curve equations are addressed, as is the extension of the method to treat slider joints.


Author(s):  
Charles W. Wampler

Abstract This paper presents a general method for the analysis of any planar mechanism consisting of rigid links connected by revolute and slider joints. The method combines the complex plane formulation of Wampler (1999) with the Dixon determinant procedure of Nielsen and Roth (1999). The result is simple to derive and implement, so in addition to providing numerical solutions, the approach facilitates analytical explorations. The procedure leads to a generalized eigenvalue problem of minimal size. Both input/output problems and the derivation of tracing curve equations are addessed.


1999 ◽  
Vol 121 (2) ◽  
pp. 206-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Nielsen ◽  
B. Roth

This paper presents a method for solving the input/output problem for all planar mechanisms composed of revolute and slider joints. The solution procedure is a modification of the Dixon resultant method, which was developed to solve sets of polynomial equations; in this paper the method is applied to sets of equations which are linear in the sines and cosines of unknown angles. A particular planar multicircuit mechanism is analyzed to illustrate the solution procedure, and implementation details are discussed.


Author(s):  
James Nielsen ◽  
Bernard Roth

Abstract This paper presents a method for solving the input/output problem for all planar mechanisms composed of revolute joints. The solution procedure is a modification of the Dixon resultant method, which was developed to solve sets of polynomial equations; in this paper the method is applied to sets of equations which are linear in the sines and cosines of unknown angles. A particular planar multi-circuit mechanism is analyzed to illustrate the solution procedure, and implementation details are discussed.


Author(s):  
Raffaele Di Gregorio

In spherical mechanisms, the instantaneous pole axes play the same role as the instant centers in planar mechanisms. Notwithstanding this, they are not fully exploited to study the kinematic behavior of spherical mechanisms as the instant centers are for planar mechanisms. The first step to make their use possible and friendly is the availability of efficient techniques to determine them. This paper presents a general method to determine the instantaneous pole axes in single-dof spherical mechanisms as a function of the mechanism configuration. The presented method is directly deduced from a algorithm already proposed by the author for the determination of the instant centers in single-dof planar mechanisms.


2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (01) ◽  
pp. 1950003
Author(s):  
Koichiro Akiyama ◽  
Shuhei Nakamura ◽  
Masaru Ito ◽  
Noriko Hirata-Kohno

In this paper, we propose a key exchange protocol using multivariate polynomial maps whose security relies on the hardness in finding a solution to a certain system of nonlinear polynomial equations. Under the hardness assumption of solving the system of equations, we prove that our protocol is secure against key recovery attacks by passive attackers if the protocol is established honestly.


2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Guo Sun

The eigenvalue problem over a polyhedral cone is studied in this paper. Based on the F-B NCP function, we reformulate this problem as a system of equations and propose a Jacobian-like method. The global convergence and local quadratic convergence of the proposed method are established under suitable assumptions. Preliminary numerical experiments for a special polyhedral cone are reported in this paper to show the validity of the proposed method.


Author(s):  
Guanglei Wu ◽  
Shaoping Bai ◽  
Jørgen Kepler

This paper investigates the stiffness of a compliant planar parallel manipulator. Instead of establishing stiffness matrix directly for planar mechanisms, we adopt the modeling approach for spatial mechanisms, which allows us to derive two decoupled homogeneous matrices, corresponding to the translational and rotational stiffness. This is achieved by resorting to the generalized eigenvalue problem, through which the eigenscrew decomposition is implemented to yield six screw springs. The principal stiffnesses and their directions are then identified from the eigenvalue problem of the two separated submatrices. In addition, the influence of the nonlinear actuation compliance to the manipulator stiffness is investigated, and the established stiffness model is experimentally verified.


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