New Advances in Mechanisms, Transmissions and Applications: Proceedings of the Second Conference MeTrApp 2013 (Mechanisms and Machine Science (17))

The Second Conference on Mechanisms, Transmissions and Applications - MeTrApp 2013 was organised by the Mechanical Engineering Department of the University of the Basque Country (Spain) under the patronage of the IFToMM Technical Committees Linkages and Mechanical Controls and Micromachines and the Spanish Association of Mechanical Engineering. The aim of the workshop was to bring together researchers, scientists, industry experts and students to provide, in a friendly and stimulating environment, the opportunity to exchange know-how and promote collaboration in the field of Mechanism and Machine Science. The topics treated in this volume are mechanism and machine design, biomechanics, mechanical transmissions, mechatronics, computational and experimental methods, dynamics of mechanisms and micromechanisms and microactuators. Front Matter....Pages 1-10 Kinetostatic Benchmark of Rear Suspension Systems for Motorcycle....Pages 1-8 Interconnected Suspension System on Sport Motorcycles....Pages 9-16 Simulation Tool for Motorbike Prototype Design....Pages 17-24 Modelling and Control of a Semi-active Suspension System....Pages 25-32 Topological Synthesis of a Novel Parallel Mechanism for Vehicle Rear Suspensions....Pages 33-40 Vibration Model of a POM Chain Conveyor for the Automobile Industry....Pages 41-48 Development of a Trochoidal Gear Reducer with a Slipping Rollers Type Torque Limiter....Pages 49-56 Uncertainty Propagation in the Grinding Process of High Contact Ratio Gears for a Planetary Geared Turbofan....Pages 57-64 Efficiency Analysis of Shifted Spur Gears....Pages 65-73 Interactive Geometric Design of Closed External Single-Range Gearing with Straight Toothing....Pages 75-82 Adaptive Mechanical Continuously Variable Transmission....Pages 83-90 Design and Characterization of a New Planetary Gear Box....Pages 91-98 The Issues of Spurious Residual Oscillations in the Displacement Laws of Cam Systems....Pages 99-106 Mechanism of a Leg Exoskeleton for Walking Rehabilitation Purposes....Pages 107-114 Human Finger Kinematics and Dynamics....Pages 115-122 Design and Simulation of a Simplified Mechanism for Sit-to-Stand Assisting Devices....Pages 123-130 Collision Free Design of Dental Prosthesis....Pages 131-138 Kinematics Simulation and Validation of a Medical Robot....Pages 139-147 Experimental Design and Control Approach of an Active Knee Prosthesis with Geared Linkage....Pages 149-156 Motion Control and Fall Prevention for an Active Walker Mobility Aid....Pages 157-164 Workspace and Tension Analysis of a Cable-Based Parallel Manipulator for Lower Limb Rehabilitation....Pages 165-172 Tool for the Analysis of New Skills Biped Pasibot....Pages 173-181 Hybrid Quadruped Robot – Mechanical Design and Gait Modelling....Pages 183-190 Wheel-Legged Robot – Construction and Obstacle Detection Sensors....Pages 191-198 Control of Constrained Dynamic System of Leg of Wheel-Legged Mobile Robot....Pages 199-206 Planning an Optimal Step Motion for a Hybrid Wheeled-Legged Hexapod....Pages 207-214 Geometrical Synthesis Approach for Compliant Mechanisms – Design of Applications Exploiting Fibre Reinforced Material Characteristics....Pages 215-223 Derivation of Input/Output Relationships for the Bennett 6R Linkages Based on the Method of Decomposition....Pages 225-231 Non-smooth Behaviour of a Linkage Mechanism with Revolute Clearance Joints....Pages 233-241 Design of a Dynamometric Wheel Rim....Pages 243-250 Design of a Feeder with the Use of the Path Synthesis Method....Pages 251-259 A Fairly Simple Mechanism Design for a Rural Water Pump....Pages 261-268 Adjustable Low-Cost Robot Link....Pages 269-276 2D Scan-Head Motion Characterization and Machine-Tool Integration....Pages 277-284 Development of a Pneumatic End-Effector for a 3-DOF Robotic Local Structure....Pages 285-292 Enhancement of Mechanism Design Process by Interaction with Haptic Feedback-Systems....Pages 293-300 Giuseppe Antonio Borgnis and Significance of His Handbooks on Representation and Terminology of Machines....Pages 301-308 A Comparative Study on Application of Decomposition Method in Function Generation Synthesis of Over-Constrained Mechanisms....Pages 309-316 A Novel 4 DoFs (3T-1R) Parallel Manipulator with Actuation Redundancy – Workspace Analysis....Pages 317-324 Two Parallel Robots with Actuators Situated on the Base....Pages 325-332 Geometric, Kinematic and Dynamic Analysis of Four Degrees of Freedom Manipulating Robot, Using Methods of Nonlinear Programming....Pages 333-340 Robust Model Based Predictive Control for Trajectory Tracking of Parallel Robots....Pages 341-348 A Calibration Method for a Six-Degree-of-Freedom Parallel Manipulator with a Redundant Passive Chain....Pages 349-356 Non-singular Transitions Based Optimal Design Methodology for Parallel Manipulators....Pages 357-364 On the Fatigue Strength of Ball Burnished Mechanical Elements....Pages 365-373 Models for Determining the Static Stiffness of Collet Sleeves....Pages 375-383 Measuring How Well a Structure Supports Varying External Wrenches....Pages 385-392 Effects of Plasticity Induced by Assembly Process on Contact Pressure of Shrink Fits with Grooved Hubs....Pages 393-400 Study of the Stress Intensity Factor of an Unbalanced Rotating Cracked Shaft....Pages 401-408 Automatic Identification of the Inertia and Friction of an Electromechanical Actuator....Pages 409-416 Back Matter....Pages 417-419