Determining Burmester Points from the Analysis of a Planar Platform

Author(s)

Andrew P. Murray, University of DaytonFollow
J. Michael McCarthy, University of California, Irvine

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-1995

Publication Source

Journal of Mechanical Design

Abstract

This paper presents a technique for determining the Burmester points of five finitely separated positions in a plane. A Burmester point is the location of the fixed pivot of an RR dyad that can reach each of the five positions.

These Burmester points are obtained from a “compatibility platform” constructed from selected relative poles associated with the five specified displacements. We show that the relative position pole of two assembly configurations of this platform is a fixed pivot compatible with the five positions. An example originally presented by Sandor and Erdman is used to verify the calculations.

Inclusive pages

303-306

ISBN/ISSN

1050-0472

Comments

Permission documentation is on file.

Copyright

Copyright © 1995, American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Publisher

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Volume

117

Issue

2A

Peer Reviewed

yes

eCommons Citation

Murray, Andrew P. and McCarthy, J. Michael, "Determining Burmester Points from the Analysis of a Planar Platform" (1995). Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Publications. 192.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/mee_fac_pub/192