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Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering

Table 1 Meanings and coded values to the elements x1, x2 and x3 of vectors MI and MO

From: A Computational Synthesis Approach of Mechanical Conceptual Design Based on Graph Theory and Polynomial Operation

Elements

Meanings

Coded values

x1

Rotational motion

R

Translational motion

T

Swinging motion

S

x2

Continuous motion

1

Intermittent motion

−1

x3

Reciprocating motion

1

Non-reciprocating motion

−1

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