General theory of complete shaking moment balancing of planar linkages: a critical review

The study reviews the existing theories, fills the gaps in these theories, upgrades and generalizes proposals when needed, and gradually builds an ultimate theory based on the initial concepts. Then, this ultimate theory is critically discussed. The verdict based on the theoretical and numerical studies support the conclusion that such theories might be of practical value in a limited number of situations, (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.