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An Improved Least-Squares Method for Designing Function-Generating Mechanisms
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Numerical AnalysisMathematical ProgrammingEngineeringComputer-aided DesignNonlinear OptimizationStructural OptimizationPlanar Four-bar ExamplesComputer-aided EngineeringImproved Least-squares MethodSystems EngineeringSpatial Function-generating LinkageModeling And SimulationComputational GeometryApproximation TheoryGeometric ModelingContinuous OptimizationDesignNatural SciencesModel SynthesisMechanical SystemsLeast-squares Synthesis
An improved general theory for the least-squares synthesis of function-generating mechanisms is developed. This theory leads to a rapidly converging iterative-type algorithm, the use of which is illustrated by two planar four-bar examples. The theory and associated algorithms may be applied to the synthesis of any planar or spatial function-generating linkage.