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Adams, Douglas P. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Last reviewed:January 2020
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1036/1097-8542.384900
An element of a mechanical linkage. A link may be a straight bar or a disk, or it may have any other shape, simple or complex. It is assumed, for simple analysis, to be made of unyielding material; that is, its shape does not change. The frame, or fixed member, of a linkage is one of the links, whether the frame is fixed relative to the Earth or relative to a movable body such as the chassis of an automobile.
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