Salgado, D. R.; Del Castillo, J. M. A method for detecting degenerate structures in planetary gear trains. (English) Zbl 1146.70310 Mech. Mach. Theory 40, No. 8, 948-962 (2005). Summary: A method for detecting degenerate structures in planetary gear trains (PGTs) is presented. In the context of the graph representation of the kinematic structure of PGTs, the method uses the concept of fundamental circuits and their grouping to generate the detection algorithm. The main advantage is the reduction in the required combinatorial analysis relative to other methods. A computer implementation of the algorithm was used to obtain the graphs of all the PGTs of up to nine members that contain degenerate structures. Cited in 1 Document MSC: 70B15 Kinematics of mechanisms and robots Keywords:Planetary gear train; Degenerate structure; Detection algorithm PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{D. R. Salgado} and \textit{J. M. Del Castillo}, Mech. Mach. Theory 40, No. 8, 948--962 (2005; Zbl 1146.70310) Full Text: DOI