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Session: MR-1-5: Mechanisms Synthesis and Analysis
Paper Number: 118226
118226 - Exact Placement of Ground Pivots Using Watt I Indirect Cognates of a Four-Bar Mechanism
A m e t h o d o f g e n e r a t i n g i n d i r e c t W a t t I c o g n a t e s of a f o u r - b a r w i t h s p e c i f i e d g r o u n d p i v o t s i s p r e s e n t e d. T h e m e t h o d i s b a s e d o n a n g u l a r v e l o c i t y c o l o r e d m e c h a n i s m g r a p h s, w h i c h a r e d e s c r i b e d i n d e t a i l. E x a c t e q u a t i o n s a r e g i v e n f o r 6 d i f f e r e n t f o r m s o f t h e W a t t I s i x - b a r i n d i r e c t c o g n a t e. T h e m e t h o d i s v a l i d a t e d w i t h e x a m p l e s i n M A T L A B .
Presenting Author: Craig Lusk University of South Florida
Presenting Author Biography: Craig Lusk, (PhD 2005 Brigham Young University) is an Associate Professor at the University of South Florida. His interests include compliant mechanisms, bistable mechanisms, shape-morphing mechanisms and mechanism synthesis.
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Craig Lusk University of South Florida
Exact Placement of Ground Pivots Using Watt I Indirect Cognates of a Four-Bar Mechanism