Optimum Synthesis of Four-Bar and Offset Slider-Crank Planar and Spatial Mechanisms Using the Penalty Function Approach With Inequality and Equality Constraints

Abstract

This paper discusses the application of the logarithmic penalty function for the optimal synthesis of function generating mechanisms satisfying inequality and equality constraints. A new method of deriving the transmission ratio and the objective function is also presented. Numerical examples are used to illustrate the optimization technique.