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Research article
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01 Apr 2015
Research article |
| 01 Apr 2015
Dimensional synthesis of mechanical linkages using artificial neural networks and Fourier descriptors
N. Khan
University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar, Pakistan
I. Ullah
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
College of Engineering, Taibah University, Yanbu, Saudi Arabia
M. Al-Grafi
College of Engineering, Taibah University, Yanbu, Saudi Arabia
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Short summary
The problem of dimensional synthesis of mechanisms to trace a given closed curve is solved by (a) representation of curve shape using normalized Fourier descriptors and (b) learning the relation between Fourier descriptors and mechanism dimensions by an artificial neural network (ANN). The ANN developed suggests dimensions of a four-bar mechanism with coupler curve of shape similar to the one desired. The dimensions are further refined by optimization.
The problem of dimensional synthesis of mechanisms to trace a given closed curve is solved by...
