caa a22 4500 469072806 CHVBK 20180323132926.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19920601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01580146 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01580146 Conceptual design of mechanisms based on computational synthesis and simulation of kinematic building blocks [Elektronische Daten] [Sridhar Kota, Shean-Juinn Chiou] Although many ingenious mechanisms have been designed, the fundamental task of conceptualizing these devices is, to a great extent, still an art. While sophisticated computational tools for dynamic analysis of mechanisms exist, hardly any computational methods exist for generalized synthesis. To develop a computational model for synthesis, a formal foundation for mechanisms design must be laid by rationalizing the process of mechanical synthesis. Rationalization in synthesis implies that complex mechanical motions can be described in terms of primitives or building blocks. In this paper, we present a matrix methodology that forms the basis for a computable approach to design synthesis. In this methodology, the continuous design space of a mechanisms domain is discretized into functional subspaces, and each subspace is represented uniquely by a conceptual building block. The matrix scheme serves as a formal means to (a) represent and reason with the building blocks at different levels of abstraction, (b) generate alternate conceptual design configurations, and (c) facilitate rapid simulation of design concepts by connecting a series of building blocks. Springer-Verlag New York Inc, 1992 Kota Sridhar Design Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 48109-2125, Ann Arbor, MI, USA aut Chiou Shean-Juinn Design Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 48109-2125, Ann Arbor, MI, USA aut Research in Engineering Design Springer-Verlag 4/2(1992-06-01), 75-87 0934-9839 4:2<75 1992 4 163 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01580146 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01580146 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kota Sridhar Design Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 48109-2125, Ann Arbor, MI, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chiou Shean-Juinn Design Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 48109-2125, Ann Arbor, MI, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Research in Engineering Design Springer-Verlag 4/2(1992-06-01), 75-87 0934-9839 4:2<75 1992 4 163 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer