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Kinematics of Machines: Contributions from Meccanica

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Specific studies on Kinematics date back to the XVIII Century. Hence, it is rather complicate to provide any generally agreed framework where a pertinent paper can be classified. This task has been herein bravely attempted for the papers published in Meccanica. Particularly, six kinematic-related categories have been identified and 84 papers have been classified accordingly. A further division was made between two equally numerous groups of contributions from either Italian or Foreign Authors.

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Belfiore, N.P., Pennestrì, E. (2022). Kinematics of Machines: Contributions from Meccanica. In: Rega, G. (eds) 50+ Years of AIMETA. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94195-6_9

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