| Abstract: | The structural synthesis of mechanisms is a prerequisite of mechanical design,thereby,it is necessary to pay attention to the structural synthesis of mechanisms,especially for the type synthesis of hybrid mechanisms.A very simple yet very effective method was presented for the structural synthesis of hybrid mechanisms based on the set theory.The basic concept and mathematical operation of G_F set were firstly introduced.Based on the G_F set,a type synthesis principle for serial mechanisms,parallel mechanisms and hybrid mechanisms was presented,especially,a detailed algorithm of type synthesis for hybrid mechanisms was proposed as well.It is shown that type synthesis of hybrid mechanisms can be developed by the combination of elements of G_F set and rotation axis transfer theorem.Further investigation shows that structures of 3T2R fivedegree-of-fteedom(DoF) hybrid mechanism only have one category,i.e.,G_F~I.Finally structural synthesis of 3T2R hybrid mechanism for this category is illustrated with example to demonstrate the applicability of the type synthesis principle. |
