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Composition of Spherical Four-Bar-Mechanisms

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We study the transmission by two consecutive four-bar linkages with aligned frame links. The paper focusses on so-called “reducible” examples on the sphere where the 4-4-correspondance between the input angle of the first four-bar and the output-angle of the second one splits. Also the question is discussed whether the components can equal the transmission of a single four-bar. A new family of reducible compositions is the spherical analogue of compositions involved at Burmester’s focal mechanism.

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  1. Institute of Discrete Mathematics and Geometry, Vienna University of Technology, A-1040, Vienna, Austria

    G. Nawratil & H. Stachel

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  1. Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Memorandumului 28, Cluj-Napoca, 400114, Romania

    Doina Pisla

  2. Dipto. Meccanica, Strutture,, Ambiente e Territorio (DiMSAT), Università Cassino, Via G. di Biasio 43, Cassino, 03043, Italy

    Marco Ceccarelli

  3. Inst. Technische Mathematik,, Geometrie und Bauinformatik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstr. 13, Innsbruck, 6020, Austria

    Manfred Husty

  4. FB 4 Inst. f. Getriebetechnik u., Maschinendynamik, RWTH Aachen, Eilfschornsteinstr. 18, Aachen, 52062, Germany

    Burkhard Corves

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Nawratil, G., Stachel, H. (2010). Composition of Spherical Four-Bar-Mechanisms. In: Pisla, D., Ceccarelli, M., Husty, M., Corves, B. (eds) New Trends in Mechanism Science. Mechanisms and Machine Science, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9689-0_12

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