The detection of embedded structure is one of important steps in the structural synthesis of planetary gear trains. The purpose of this paper is to develop a computer program for the automatic detection of embedded structure in planetary gear trains. First, the graph representation of a planetary gear train is used to clarify the kinematic structure. Next, the concept of fundamental circuit is applied to derive an algorithm for the detection of embedded structure in a planetary gear train. Using the notation of adjacency matrix, an interactive computer program has been developed such that embedded structure in a planetary gear train can be automatically analyzed by only entering the corresponding graph.

Issue Section:
Research Papers
Topics:
Planetary gears, Trains, Computer software, Algorithms, Circuits, Kinematics
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