... by displacements of one contact surface, and indexes are evaluated by displacements of key surface, when the surface is ready to compare with the other. A graph that denotes contacts as nodes and related paths through the physical domain as lines is proposed to express assembly sequences and hierarchies...

... of contact forces and deflected shape are essential to the design of a compliant finger. A formulation based on nonlinear constrained minimization is presented to analyze contact problems of compliant fingers. The deflections by flexural and shear deformations are both considered. For a planar finger...

...-dimensional modeling of both helical sun-worm and stationary internal gear of the toroidal drive. drives gears Toroidal Drive Meshing Characteristics Undercutting Contact Geometric Analysis Meshing Function Tooth Profile Design Toroidal drive, being a typical type of epicyclical gear...