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2016 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Degree of Freedom of a Mechanism
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A mechanism consists of rigid bodies and of joints inter-connecting the bodies. A joint is a mechanical device which introduces kinematical constraints on the motion of the two bodies relative to each other. This implies that interconnections by springs or dampers do not constitute joints since such elements do not create kinematical constraints. Two bodies cannot be connected by more than one joint. This means that the complete system of devices interconnecting two bodies is counted as a single joint. A joint does not connect more than two bodies. If, for example, p > 2 bodies are rotating about a single common shaft, this shaft represents p–1 joints each of them connecting two bodies.