Novel loop tree for the similarity recognition of kinematic chains
Novel loop tree for the similarity recognition of kinematic chains
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DOI：
10.5194/ms-13-371-2022
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发表时间：
2022-04
影响因子：
1.4
通讯作者：
Lei Wang;Liang Sun;Rongjiang Cui;Yadan Xu;Gaohong Yu;C. Wu
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作者：
Lei Wang;Liang Sun;Rongjiang Cui;Yadan Xu;Gaohong Yu;C. Wu
Abstract. The similarity recognition of kinematic chains (KCs) is helpful for improving the efficiency of configuration synthesis, which has been paid more and more attention in recent years. The existing recognition methods are divided into the definition method and feature constant method. Among them, the definition method is difficult to adopt in practice because of its long operation time, especially when the number of similar vertices in KCs is large. In this paper, the new concepts of a loop tree (LT) and a loop tree matrix (LTM) have been proposed, which improve the efficiency of similarity recognition. This method is applied on the complete structure of the following: 8-link with 1 DOF (degree of freedom), 9-link with 2 DOF, 10-link with 1 DOF, 12-link with 1 DOF, 13-link with 2 DOF, 14-link with 3 DOF, 15-link with 4 DOF planar single-joint KCs, and contracted graphs with up to six independent loops. All results are verified by the definition method to prove the good applicability, reliability, and efficiency of the proposed method. Simultaneously, the application case of the similarity recognition in a mechanism creation is given to provide a reference for an innovative design.
