A graph representation for the structural synthesis of geared kinematic chains

✍ Scribed by Cheng-Ho Hsu

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 690 KB
• Volume: 330
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0016-0032
• DOI: 10.1016/0016-0032(93)90025-p

✦ Synopsis

This paper presents a systematic approach, which is based on a new graph representation of geared kinematic chains, for the structural synthesis of geared kinematic chains. First, the new graph representation of geared kinematic chains is introduced. Next, a simple method is proposed to generate all possible (N+ I)-link geared kinematic chains from N-link geared kinematic chains. Then, isomorphic geared kinematic chains are identified to obtain nonisomorphic geared kinematic chains by comparing their Structural Codes. Finally, an atlas of nonisomorphic geared kinematic chains for one deqree-of-freedom planetary gear trains with up to seven links is constructed.