... Committee for publication in the JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN . Manuscript received December 17, 2003; revision received April 26, 2004. Associate Editor: G. K. Ananthasuresh. 17 December 2003 26 April 2004 27 06 2005 finite element analysis potential energy functions matrix...

... on the weight side takes on an involute shape for a fixed pulley on the spring side. It is also shown that design work is simplified by expressing the spring design equation as a maximum potential energy function. It was also found that the curve represented by Eqs. ( 3 ) and ( 7 ) is a spiral-shaped curve...

... received Oct. 1998. Associate Editor: H. Lankarani. 01 Oct 1998 dynamics potential energy functions differential geometry Lie groups tensors matrix algebra This paper considers the static analysis of conservative systems in which the associated potential energy, Φ...