A General Method for Constructing Planar Cognate Mechanisms
Open Access
- 12 March 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by ASME International in Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics
- Vol. 13 (3)
Abstract
Cognate linkages are mechanisms that share the same motion, a property that can be useful in mechanical design. This article treats planar curve cognates, that is, planar mechanisms with rotational joints whose coupler points draw the same curve, as well as coupler cognates and timed curve cognates. The purpose of this article is to develop a straightforward method based solely on kinematic equations to construct cognates. The approach computes cognates that arise from permuting link rotations and is shown to reproduce all of the known results for cognates of four-bar and six-bar linkages. This approach is then used to construct a cognate of an eight-bar and a ten-bar linkage.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Science Foundation (CCF-181274)
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