Abstract
The coupler motion of a planar four-bar mechanism can be reproduced by rotating the mechanism's moving centrode over its fixed centrode. For spatial four-bar mechanisms, coupler motion can be replicated by moving the mechanism's moving axode over its fixed axode in a screw motion-a combination of simultaneous rotations and translations. This study presents a model to calculate the fixed and moving axodes of the revolute-revolute-spherical-spherical (RRSS) mechanism-one of the most basic spatial four-bar mechanisms. The axodes are useful in producing the contact surfaces for a cam system to replicate RRSS coupler motion.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 251-265 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 2011 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Engineering
- Computer Science Applications
- Applied Mathematics
Keywords
- Axode
- Cam mechanism
- ISA point locus
- Instant screw axis
- RRSS mechanism