The integration of optimization methodologies with computational analyses/simulations has
a profound impact on the product design. Such integration, however, faces multiple …

This paper presents an investigation of joint clearance influences on the mechanism path
generation and transmission angle. Joint clearance was treated as a massless virtual link …

Global optimization techniques have been used extensively due to their capability in
handling complex engineering problems. In addition to a number of well known global …

The purpose of this article is twofold:(1) to apply an ant-gradient (AG) algorithm, which is a
combination of Ant Colony Optimization and gradient search to the mechanism synthesis …

Some recent developments in path generation have been based on neural network
mechanism databases, which instantaneously provide an approximate solution of the …

A tabu-gradient search is herein presented for optimum synthesis of planar mechanisms.
The solution generated by a recency-based, short term memory tabu search is used to start …

This paper deals with an optimization based method for synthesis of adjustable planar four-
bar, crank-rocker mechanisms. For multiple different and desired paths to be traced by a …

Dimensional synthesis is a type of inverse problem in linkage kinematics where the
objective is to calculate the linkage dimensions required to achieve prescribed linkage …

A method for the synthesis of four-bar mechanisms to generate closed paths through shape
optimization is herein introduced. The objective function is not based on Fourier descriptors …

This paper considers optimal synthesis of a special type of four-bar linkages. Combination of
this optimal four-bar linkage with on of it's cognates and elimination of two redundant …