1. Reinventing the Wheel: Non-Circular Wheels.
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León, Claudia Masferrer and von Wuthenau Mayer, Sebastián
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WHEELS , *AUTOMOBILE axles , *CONVEX sets , *SET theory , *SCIENCE exhibitions ,DESIGN & construction - Abstract
The article presents a method that allows to have non-circular wheels by modifying the shape of the axle. Non-circular figures can be used as wheels, yet allow the vehicle to run smoothly on a level surface, by modifying the shape of the axle. The mentioned work started in 1998, with a home-made wooden car model with constant-breadth wheels for the Mexican National Science Fair. It makes the use of convex sets, their representation by a support function, and the special convex sets in the process.
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- 2005
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