Abstract: In this article, a description of the kinetic energy partition values (or energy ratios) of serial chain mechanisms, as well as their rates of change, are presented. These energy ratios are indicators of the kinetic energy distribution within the system and they exploit the structure of the effective inertia matrix. The rates of change of the kinetic energy partition values with respect to the input parameters of the system indicate the sensitivity of change of the kinetic energy, meaning that a high value for the partition value rate of change...
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Thermodynamics