This book focuses on important mathematical considerations in describing the synthesis of original mechanisms for generating curves. The synthesis is manual and not based on the use of computer tools. Kinematics is applied to confirm the drawing of the curves, and the closed loop method, and in some cases the distances method, is applied in this phase. The book provides all the notions of structure and kinematics that are necessary to calculate the mechanisms and also analyzes other kinematic possibilities of the created mechanisms. Offering a concise, yet self-contained guide to the mathematical fundamentals for mechanisms of curve generation, together with a useful collection of mechanisms exercises, the book is intended for students learning about mechanism kinematics, as well as engineers dealing with mechanism design and analysis. It is based on the authors' many years of research, which has been published in different books and journals, mainly, but not exclusively, in Romanian.

Presents novel planar mechanisms for curve generation Offers a unique guide to the theory and synthesis of mechanisms Describes important mathematical theories for engineers involved in design work

Autorentext
Iulian Popescu, Emeritus Professor, Ph.D. in Engineering, is a full member of the Academy of Technical Sciences of Romania. He was teaching the course on Mechanisms and Machines Theory at the Faculty of Mechanics of the University of Craiova, Romania, for about 35 years. He supervised 25 Ph.D. students and published 31 books on Mechanisms in Romanian language. He has co-authored the book Mechanisms for Generating Mathematical Curves, published by Springer in 2020. M d lina Xenia C lbureanu Popescu is Professor Habil. Eng. at the Faculty of Mechanics of the University of Craiova. Her research area covers the vast and multi-disciplinary field of dynamics, with applications in mechanical and civil engineering. She has been investigating cinematic elements and vibrations, as well as dynamic responses of structures subjected to seismic action. A further area of interest is concerned with heat and mass transfer, including applications in the field of energy efficiency. With more than 100 publications in both journal and conference papers, and book chapters, she is also a senior member of International Engineering and Technology Institute. Alina Dü , Ph.D., has been serving as Associate Professor at the Faculty of Mechanics of the University of Craiova. She received a Doctor in Technical Sciences from "Politehnica" University of Bucharest in 1998. She has authored 3 books about descriptive geometry and graphics in Romanian language and more than 100 articles published in journals and proceedings of national and international symposiums. Her research work is mainly concerned with topics in geometry, such as the geometry of curves, and modelling and simulation of technological processes. She is a member of "International Society for Geometry and Graphics" (ISGG).

Inhalt
Structural Analysis of Planar Mechanisms.- Kinematic Analysis of Planar Mechanisms.- Mechanisms for Generating Straight Lines and Arcs.- Mechanisms for Generating Conical Curves.- Mechanisms for Generating Some Plane Mathematical Curves.- Mechanisms for Generating Spatial Curves.