Abstract
There are currently diverse options to execute the mechanical transmission of rotary movement. However, there may be advantageous to combine some individual features of some of them. For instance, the case of two shafts placed in a distant and non-collinear situation. A possible solution is a mechanism that combines the characteristics of a universal joint and a flexible shaft. Such mechanism could be obtained by placing universal joints in series, although this kind of mechanism would be instable. The objective of this paper is to analyze the possibility of using a hydraulic hose to reduce that instability and equally distribute the transmission angle in the suggested mechanism. It is shown that this may be viable, with some limitations, and may be an interesting opportunity for further development.
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Carneiro, V.H., Meireles, J. (2015). Hydraulic Hose as an Instability Reducer for a Flexible Shaft Composed by Universal Joints. In: Flores, P., Viadero, F. (eds) New Trends in Mechanism and Machine Science. Mechanisms and Machine Science, vol 24. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09411-3_85
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