Research Article

A Parametrization-Invariant Fourier Approach to Planar Linkage Synthesis for Path Generation

Table 5

The design parameters of synthesized four-bar linkages under three parametrizations by Wu’s method. All angles are in rad.

Parametrization I IIIII

0.7980 0.8554 0.6052
1.7515 4.9052 1.8951
1.9051 4.9980 1.8050
0.8903 0.2190 1.3764
0.6551 0.4433 0.6998
4.2372 3.2539 4.3040
1.0531 2.7821 0.7563
10.4813 10.8015 5.4999
0.7741 3.4920 2.1181