@inproceedings{75aedcbd6fec4d62bffd7f830d8712b5,
title = "Coupler-link mobility analysis of planar four-bar linkages",
abstract = "The problem of mobility analysis of planar four-bar linkages is revisited. The mobility is analyzed in terms of the range of rotation of the coupler link, with a special interest on its full rotatability when the linkage is driven by the coupler link. A constraint triangle which characterizes the movement of the coupler link is constructed. By virtue of the constraint triangle, a new formulation on the couple curve rotation is derived, upon which the ranges of coupler rotation are determined and the turning points are identified. Examples are included to demonstrate the mobility analysis with the new approach.",
keywords = "Constraint triangle, Four-bar linkage mobility analysis, Rotation of coupler link, Turning points, Four-bar linkage mobility analysis, Rotation of coupler link, Turning points, Constraint triangle",
author = "Shaoping Bai",
year = "2017",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-44156-6_5",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-3-319-44155-9",
series = "Mechanisms and Machine Science",
publisher = "Springer",
pages = "41--49",
editor = "Phillippe Wenger and Paulo Flores",
booktitle = "New Trends in Mechanism and Machine Science",
address = "Germany",
note = "International Federation for the Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science, IFToMM 2016 ; Conference date: 20-09-2016 Through 23-09-2016",
}