...Congyi Zha; Chenrong Pan; Zhili Sun; Qin Liu Time-variant reliability sensitivity (TRS) analysis can measure the effect of input factors on the structure/mechanism failure. The traditional method for TRS analysis employs a nested sampling procedure, with computational cost depending on the number...

...N. Lobontiu; T. Gress; M. Gh. Munteanu; B. Ilic This research proposes the self-similarity design concept of flexible mechanisms by studying the out-of-plane, piston motion of a compliant device. Self-similar compliant mechanisms can be formed by connecting flexible units of scaled-down, identical...

...Yi Lu; Nijia Ye; Yang Lu; Bingyi Mao; Xu Zhai; Bo Hu The relations among the associated linkages (ALs), the redundant constraints, the passive degree of freedom (DoF), and the degree of freedom are studied systematically for the type synthesis of the closed mechanisms in this paper. First...

...Huafeng Ding; Wenao Cao; Andrés Kecskeméthy; Zhen Huang The creation of novel kinematic structures of mechanisms still represents a major challenge in the quest for developing new, innovative devices. In this setting, computer models that can automatically generate and visualize all possible...

.... , Viadero , F. , and Fernandez , A. , 2007 , “ Optimal Design of Steering Mechanisms in Road Vehicles ,” ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference , Las Vegas, NV, Sep. 4–7, pp. 399 – 407 . Fahey , S. O...