TY - GEN
T1 - Direct optimization of multi-degree-of-freedom mechanisms for near time optimal motions along specified paths
AU - Sundar, Satish
AU - Shiller, Zvi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 1991 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). All rights reserved.
PY - 1991
Y1 - 1991
N2 - A design method for selecting system parameters of multi-degree-of-freedom mechanisms for near minimum time motions along specified paths is presented. The time optimization problem is approximated by a simple curve fitting procedure that fits, what we call, the acceleration lines to the given path. The approximate cost function is explicit in the design parameters, facilitating the formulation of the design problem as a constrained optimization. Examples for optimizing the dimensions of a five-bar planar mechanism demonstrate close correlation between the approximate and the exact solutions and better computational efficiency than the previous unconstrained optimization methods.
AB - A design method for selecting system parameters of multi-degree-of-freedom mechanisms for near minimum time motions along specified paths is presented. The time optimization problem is approximated by a simple curve fitting procedure that fits, what we call, the acceleration lines to the given path. The approximate cost function is explicit in the design parameters, facilitating the formulation of the design problem as a constrained optimization. Examples for optimizing the dimensions of a five-bar planar mechanism demonstrate close correlation between the approximate and the exact solutions and better computational efficiency than the previous unconstrained optimization methods.
KW - Artificial intelligence
KW - Computational efficiency
KW - Computer aided design
KW - Computer aided engineering
KW - Constrained optimization
KW - Cost functions
KW - Degrees of freedom (mechanics)
KW - Expert systems
KW - Design parameters
KW - Direct optimization
KW - Fitting procedure
KW - Minimum time motions
KW - Multi degree-of-freedom
KW - Planar mechanism
KW - Time-optimization problems
KW - Unconstrained optimization
KW - Curve fitting
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U2 - 10.1115/DETC1991-0079
DO - 10.1115/DETC1991-0079
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AN - SCOPUS:85104849157
T3 - American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Design Engineering Division (Publication) DE
SP - 139
EP - 143
BT - Artificial Intelligence; Expert Systems; CAD/CAM/CAE; Computational Fluid/Thermal Engineering
T2 - 17th Design Automation Conference presented at the 1991 ASME Design Technical Conferences
Y2 - 22 September 1991 through 25 September 1991
ER -