Analytical Elements of Mechanisms
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 24, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780521023283
Subjects: Mechanical engineering; Science/Mathematics; Technology; Technology & Industrial Arts; Engineering - Mechanical; Machinery; Mechanical movements; Mechanical movements Mechanical movements; Technology / Engineering / General; Technology / Engineering / Mechanical; Technology-Machinery
First sentence: The number of degrees of freedom (DOF) of a system is equal to the number of independent parameters (measurements) that are needed to uniquely define its position in space at any instant of time.