In the field of mechanism design, kinematic synthesis is a creative means to produce mechanism solutions. Combined with the emergence of powerful personal computers, mathematical analysis software and the development of quantitative methods for kinematic synthesis, there is an endless variety of possible mechanism solutions that users are free to e

Kevin Russell (New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, USA) (Author) , Qiong Shen (Softalink LLC, Kearny, New Jersey, USA) (Author) , Raj S. Sodhi (New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, USA) (Author)

Introduction to Kinematics. Mobility of Mechanisms. Kinematics of Planar Mechanisms. Kinematic Synthesis and Planar Four-Bar Motion Generation. Planar Four-Bar and Multiloop Path and Motion Generation. Planar Four-Bar Function Generation. Spatial Mechanism Kinematics and Synthesis. Adjustable Planar and Spherical Four-Bar Mechanism Synthesis. User Instructions for MATLAB and SimMechanics Files.