What does kinematically-defined mean?

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What does kinematically-defined mean?

What does kinematically-defined mean?

When the Mobility of a kinematic-chain is zero, it is kinematically-defined

In summary: All Parts in the model must be kinematically-defined before you should analyze any kinematic and force data.

There are two kinematic-states of Parts.

Not kinematically-defined :

The Mobility of a Part is one or more.

kinematically-defined :

The Mobility of a Part is zero.

Mobility of a Kinematic-chain = # Degrees-of-Freedom – # Motion-Dimensions.

# Degrees-of-Freedom of a kinematic-chain

N = Number of Parts

J= Number of Joints