Mechanisms, Transmissions and Applications [Hardcover]

The first Workshop on Mechanisms, Transmissions and Applications -- MeTrApp-2011 was organized by the Mechatronics Department at the Mechanical Engineering Faculty, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania, under the patronage of the IFToMM Technical Committees Linkages and Mechanical Controls and Micromachines.

The workshop brought together researchers and students who work in disciplines associated with mechanisms science and offered a great opportunity for scientists from all over the world to present their achievements, exchange innovative ideas and create solid international links, setting the trend for future developments in this important and creative field.

The topics treated in this volume are mechanisms and machine design, mechanical transmissions, mechatronic and biomechanic applications, computational and experimental methods, history of mechanism and machine science and teaching methods.

Preface.- Scientific Committees.- History of Mechanisms and Machine Science and Teaching Methods: ?On the Evolution of Graphical Representation of Gears, by Ceccareli M, Cigola M..- 2. Kurt Hain and Walther Meyer zur Capellen: A View from Aachen at Two Shapers of German Mechanism Theory, by Corves B..- 3. thinkMOTION - DMG-Lib goes Europeana, by U. D?ring, R. Brecht, T. Brix.- 4.? Multilingual Illustrated ?-thesaurus in Mechanisms Science, by E.-C. Lovasz, D. Perju, B. Corves, T. Brix, K.-H. Modler,? I. Maniu, C.M. Gruescu, A. Lovasz and V. Ciupe.- 5. A General Classification for Mechanisms Regarding the Motion Task, by B. Corves, S. Kurtenbach, M. H?sing, C. Schneider.- 2. Mechatronic and Biomechanic Applications: 6. Developments of a Knee Motion Assist Mechanism for Wearable Robot with a Non-circular Gear and Grooved Cams, by H. Terada, Y. Zhu, M. Suzuki , C. Cheng, R. Takahashi.- 7. Force Distribution for a Walking Robot with Articulated Body, by I. Doroftei, Ghe. Plesu and B. Stirbu.- 8. Nl“)