Hybrid Dimensional Synthesis of Planar Mechanisms for the Combination of Finite Positions and Path-Points

Abstract

: The combination of the established synthesis methods for finite positions and path-points leads to a hybrid dimensional synthesis method that is presented within this paper. This hybrid method combines the advantages of the established synthesis methods so that an adjustable definition of a synthesis task as well as a high performance of the algorithm can be ensured. To realize this combination, the established algorithms have to be modified as shown within this paper. Depending on the synthesis task and its degree of freedom, a solution can be found analytically or numerically. Both of these algorithms as well as the algorithm for the calculation of the synthesis degree of freedom is treated in this contribution. The shown approaches are validated by two examples.