Optimum Path Synthesis of a Geared Five-Bar Mechanism
Author
Source
Advances in Mechanical Engineering
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-13, 13 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-02-24
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
13
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Most studies on path synthesis problems are to trace simple or smooth trajectories.
In this work, an optimum synthesis for several special trajectories generated by a geared five-bar mechanism is studied using the one-phase synthesis method.
The synthesis problem for the special trajectories, which is originally studied using the two-phase synthesis method discussed in the literature, is a real challenge due to very few dimensionally proportioned mechanisms that can generate the special trajectories.
The challenging special trajectories with up to 41 discrete points include a self-overlapping curve, nonsmooth curves with straight segments and vertices, and sophisticated shapes.
The error function of the square deviation of positions is used as the objective function and the GA-DE evolutionary algorithm is used to solve the optimization problems.
Findings show that the proposed method can obtain approximately matched trajectories at the cost of a tremendous number of evaluations of the objective function.
Therefore, the challenging problems may serve as the benchmark problems to test the effectiveness and efficiency of synthesis methods and/or optimization algorithms.
All the synthesized solutions have been validated using the animation of the SolidWorks assembly so that the obtained mechanisms are sound and usable.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Lin, Wen-Yi. 2013. Optimum Path Synthesis of a Geared Five-Bar Mechanism. Advances in Mechanical Engineering،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-13.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Lin, Wen-Yi. Optimum Path Synthesis of a Geared Five-Bar Mechanism. Advances in Mechanical Engineering No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-496383
American Medical Association (AMA)
Lin, Wen-Yi. Optimum Path Synthesis of a Geared Five-Bar Mechanism. Advances in Mechanical Engineering. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-496383
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-496383