Structural Synthesis of Parallel Robots - Part 1 - Methodology.pdf

STRUCTURALSYNTHESISOFPARALLELROBOTSSOLIDMECHANICSANDITSAPPLICATIONSVolume149SeriesEditor:,Ontario,CanadaN2L3GIAimsandScopeoftheSeriesThefundamentalquestionsarisinginmechanicsare:Why?,How?,andHowmuch?;putationalmechanics;statics,kinematicsanddynamicsofrigidandelasticbodies:vibrationsofsolidsandstructures;dynamicalsystemsandchaos;thetheoriesofelasticity,positematerials;rods,beams,shellsandmembranes;structuralcontrolandstability;soils,rocksandgeomechanics;fracture;tribology;experimentalmechanics;;essibletofinalyearundergraduates;,:MethodologyByGRIGOREGOGUMechanicalEngineeringResearchGroup,FrenchInstituteofAdvancedMechanicsandBlaisePascalUniversity,Clermont-Ferrand,-1-4020-5102-9(HB)ISBN978-1-4020-5710-6(e-book)PublishedbySpringer,,3300AADordrecht,-freepaperAllRightsReserved©2008SpringerNopartofthisworkmaybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystem,ortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,microfilming,recordingorotherwise,withoutwrittenpermissionfromthePublisher,putersystem,.....................................................................................................IXAcknowledgements...........................................................................XIVListofabbreviationsandnotations............................