The term kinematic structure encompasses all those characteristics of mechanisms which
are determined solely by the pattern of interconnection among the constituent links of the …

The creative design of mechanisms has been widely believed as one of the most important
branches in the theory of mechanisms. Beside, the structural synthesis of kinematic chains …

Abstract Number synthesis of kinematic chains is one of the major steps in the structural
synthesis or conceptual design of mechanisms. The work presents a comprehensive …

Isomorphism of kinematic chains (KCs) has always been a critical issue for the researchers
dealing with structural synthesis. Consequently, many researchers of repute presented …

The enumeration of epicyclic gear mechanisms in the form of graphs gives rise to the need
of a methodology for reverse transformation, that is, for constructing the mechanisms from …

This paper celebrates a particular branch of Crossley's early work dedicated to Mechanism
Science, which deals with a rigorous introduction of Graph Theory to the study of some …

Based on a new topological graph, the perimeter topological graph, many new primary
concepts are proposed in this paper for the first time, the synthesis of which creates the …

In the initial stage of the creative design of some specific mechanisms such as the parallel
manipulator, the connectivity between the base and the end-effector must satisfy the …

This paper presents a grammar-based designer assistance tool for Epicyclic Gear Trains
(EGTs) that helps designers generate concepts of EGT structures during conceptual design …

Two methods for mechanism synthesis using AI techniques are described, one consisting of
forward design reasoning and one of backward design reasoning. Results are given for …