Design is a complex engineering activity, in which computers are more and more involved.
The design task can often be seen as an optimization problem in which the parameters or …

Design of four-bar mechanisms to match more than five points is relaxed accepting
tolerance between the input path and the coupler curve. In this work three different …

This paper presents a novel analytical approach for synthesizing a path-generation
mechanism without any limitation on the number of precision points. Compared with …

Computational modeling and simulation are paramount to modern science. Computational
models often replace physical experiments that are prohibitively expensive, dangerous, or …

This paper proposes a new error function that can be used for optimum synthesis of path
generating mechanisms. The proposed error function is formulated in a way that makes it …

This paper introduces the concept of orientation structural error of the fixed link and presents
a new optimal synthesis method of crank–rocker linkages for path generation. The …

Applications in complex systems such as the Internet have spawned a recent interest in
studying situations involving multiple agents with their individual cost or utility functions. In …

Automation of the mechanical design process has attracted much attention over the last
decade. This paper reports a method of computational synthesis of the conceptual design of …

This paper presents a new design methodology for crank-rocker four-bar linkages based on
differential objective functions. Firstly, to avoid obtaining a mechanism with an unintended …

A one-phase synthesis method using heuristic optimization algorithms can solve the
dimensional synthesis problems of path-generating four-bar mechanisms. However, due to …