DETERMINING THREE LOCI BY USING THE CONTOURS’ METHOD

Abstract

The contours method used in the Theory of Mechanisms can be applied easily for problems addressing loci, through the synthesis of equivalent mechanisms and their analysis. The start point consists in a loci problem in which loci of three points have to be determined. Firstly the equivalent mechanism is found and its analysis is performed for different positions, by using the method of projections across axis of the vector contours. Numerous curves obtained for different sizes of the mechanism are provided. They have different shapes and consist in pairs of branches.

Keywords

• loci
• contours’ method at mechanisms.