Design alternatives of network of Altmann linkages


Atarer F., Korkmaz K., Kiper G.

International Journal of Computational Methods and Experimental Measurements, cilt.5, sa.4, ss.495-503, 2017 (Scopus) identifier

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© 2017 WIT Press.This paper presents a method of building deployable network assemblies derived from the single degree of freedom (DoF) over constrained Altmann linkage as a basic module. The method is based on assembling linkages with common links and joints or overlapping with extra R or 2R joints. New loops are emerged with overlapping method. The networks created have a single DoF, are over-constrained and have both fully deployed and folded configurations. The computer-aided models (CAD) are used to demonstrate these derived novel mechanisms.