APPLYING THE ELEMENTAL INTERFACES APPROACH TO KINEMATIC DESIGN
DS 84: Proceedings of the DESIGN 2016 14th International Design Conference
                        Year: 2016
                        Editor: Marjanovic Dorian, Storga Mario, Pavkovic Neven, Bojcetic Nenad, Skec Stanko
                        Author: Freund, T.; Lotz, J.; Würtenberger, J.; Kloberdanz, H.
                        Series: DESIGN
                        Section: DESIGN METHODS
                        Page(s): 193-200
                        
Abstract
The authors introduce with the elemental interfaces approach an alternative to analyse mobilities of mechanisms up from early design phases based on a matrix representation. The paper compares results obtained with the already established Kutzbach Grübler criterion with results derived with the elemental interfaces approach to show its applicability. Finally, both procedures are discussed with their advantages and disadvantages.
Keywords: robust design, uncertainty, kinematic design