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The methods reported by F. Freudenstein [52, 53] <strong>and</strong> Davies et. al. [54] were based<br />

on graph theory. Freudenstein [55] used the concept <strong>of</strong> dual graphs <strong>and</strong> generated kinematic<br />

chains with up to 11 links <strong>and</strong> 2 DOF. A computer-aided method for generating planar<br />

kinematic chains was also introduced [56]. Hunt [57] presented the method for generating the<br />

chains using a test for avoiding isomorphism. The method presented in [58] is based on the<br />

concept <strong>of</strong> loop formation, which cancels the necessity <strong>of</strong> the test for isomorphism.<br />

The 6-DOF parallel manipulator introduced by D. Stewart [1] took great interest.<br />

Further development on structural synthesis <strong>of</strong> spatial mechanisms [59], <strong>and</strong> new structural<br />

classification <strong>of</strong> mechanisms [60] was given by R. Alizade, using the method <strong>of</strong> developing<br />

basic links (platform) <strong>and</strong> their connections.<br />

3.1 Structural Formula<br />

Increasing the number <strong>of</strong> independent parameters in a structural formula will lead to a<br />

more general formulation that will cover more geometrical conditions. <strong>Kinematic</strong> chains that<br />

form a platform (or base) are usually hexagons, pentagons, quadrilaterals <strong>and</strong> triangles. Now<br />

the theorem will be formulated, establishing the connections joining the platforms via<br />

intermediate branches.<br />

Definition: Total number <strong>of</strong> linear independent closed loops is defined as the<br />

difference between the total number <strong>of</strong> joints in platforms <strong>and</strong> total number <strong>of</strong> platforms,<br />

intermediate branches:<br />

where<br />

L = N – C – B (3.1)<br />

B: total number <strong>of</strong> platforms<br />

N: total number <strong>of</strong> joints in the platforms,<br />

C: total number <strong>of</strong> intermediate branches between platforms<br />

L: number <strong>of</strong> independent loops.<br />

As a particular case, when B = 0, we will have a single loop. The structural formula<br />

for parallel kinematic chains is written as:<br />

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