Advances in Mechanism Design III

Experiences in leadership IFToMM: achievements and challenges.- Minimization of Shaking Moment in Fully Force Balanced Planar Four-bar Linkages.- MLP Neural Network for a Kinematic Control of a Redundant Planar Manipulator.- Determination of Tooth Profile Curves of Variable Rack and Pinion Gears.- Tibial Motion Accuracy Using Circular Versus Noncircular Gears in Transfemoral Prosthetic Knees.- Curvature Interference Characteristic of Plane Worm Gear in Offsetting Cylindrical Worm Drive.- Equivalent Contact Length of Load Disks and Specimen.- Vibration Reduction of a Steam Turbine Wheel by Means of Intentional Mistuning.- Unsteady Resonant Oscillations of a Gyroscopic Rigid Rotor with Non-linear Damping and Non-linear Rigidity of the Elastic Support.- Modeling of Nonlinear Dynamics of Planar Mechanisms with Elastic and Flexible Pre-Stressed Elements.- Modeling the Separation Process in Vertical Rotor Systems.- Analysis of the Stress-Strain State of Rotating Drill Strings with a Drilling Mud.- Applications of the Modular Modelling Methodology to the Dynamic Analysis of Parallel Manipulators with Common Subsystems.- Tuning the dynamics of bistable mechanisms by introducing travel limits.- Simulation Analysis of a Motorcycle with Passive, Idealized Semi-active and Active Suspension Systems.- Computational Analysis of Cracks in Hardfacings of Wedges of Quick-Acting Main Steam Isolation Valves.- A study on stress relaxation behavior of isotropic magnetorheological elastomeric composite.- A simulation stand for human limb movements during Nordic Walking.- Vibration of a Rigid Vertical Rotor Supported by a Shear Radial Magnetic Bearing.- Determination of the workspace of the system based on the 3-PRRR mechanism for the lower limb rehabilitation.- Improvement of the robotic workplace to prevent a collision.- Object