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Ferdinand Freudenstein

Ferdinand Freudenstein

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
30
Citations
5986
World Ranking
9750
National Ranking
2780

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1984 - Charles Russ Richards Memorial Award, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 1967 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1961 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Ferdinand Freudenstein was affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Over the course of their career, they received recognition through several notable awards. These include the Charles Russ Richards Memorial Award from The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, which was awarded in 1984. Additionally, they were named a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation twice, in the years 1961 and 1967.

The research and academic output of Ferdinand Freudenstein does not have recorded publications, co-authors, or detailed specific areas of study in the available data. There are also no listed main fields, subfields, or main topics associated with their work in the accessible source information.

Although recent papers and book publications by Freudenstein are not documented in the provided data, their career was evidently recognized within mechanical engineering circles, as indicated by the awards received. No frequent co-authors or publication venues have been recorded.

Ferdinand Freudenstein is deceased. The available information focuses on their affiliation and awards, which stand as markers of their academic activity and acknowledgment within the engineering community.

Best Publications

  • Kinematic Synthesis of Linkages

    R. S. Hartenburg;J. Denavit;F. Freudenstein

  • Dynamic Analysis of Mechanical Systems With Clearances—Part 1: Formation of Dynamic Model

    S. Dubowsky;F. Freudenstein

  • Advanced mechanism design: Analysis and synthesis

    Ferdinand Freudenstein

  • Application of Dual-Number Quaternion Algebra to the Analysis of Spatial Mechanisms

    A. T. Yang;F. Freudenstein

  • Synthesis of kinematic structure of geared kinematic chains and other mechanisms

    F. Buchsbaum;F. Freudenstein

  • Some Applications of Graph Theory to the Structural Analysis of Mechanisms

    L. Dobrjanskyj;F. Freudenstein

  • An Application of Boolean Algebra to the Motion of Epicyclic Drives

    F. Freudenstein

  • The Mechanical Efficiency of Epicyclic Gear Trains

    E. Pennestrì;F. Freudenstein

  • The Creation of Mechanisms According to Kinematic Structure and Function

    Unknown

  • Synthesis of Path-Generating Mechanisms by Numerical Methods

    Bernard Roth;Ferdinand Freudenstein

  • Dynamic Analysis of Mechanical Systems With Clearances—Part 2: Dynamic Response

    S. Dubowsky;F. Freudenstein

  • Kinematics and statics of a coupled epicyclic spur-gear train

    F. Freudenstein;A.T. Yang

  • An Application of Dual Graphs to the Automatic Generation of the Kinematic Structures of Mechanisms

    Wayne J. Sohn;Ferdinand Freudenstein

  • Development of an Optimum Variable-Stroke Internal-Combustion Engine Mechanism From the Viewpoint of Kinematic Structure

    F. Freudenstein;E. R. Maki

  • Application of Line geometry to theoretical kinematics and the kinematic analysis of mechanical systems

    L. Woo;F. Freudenstein

  • On the Analysis and Synthesis of the Workspace of a Three-Link, Turning-Pair Connected Robot Arm

    F. Freudenstein;E. J. F. Primrose

  • On a theory for the type synthesis of mechanisms

    Unknown

  • The basic concepts of Polya's theory of enumeration, with application to the structural classification of mechanisms

    F. Freudenstein

  • A Systematic Approach to Power-Flow and Static-Force Analysis in Epicyclic Spur-Gear Trains

    E. Pennestrì;F. Freudenstein

  • Kinematic Analysis of Spatial Mechanisms by Means of Screw Coordinates. Part 2—Analysis of Spatial Mechanisms

    M. S. C. Yuan;F. Freudenstein;L. S. Woo

  • Synthesis of Path-Generating Mechanisms by Means of a Programmed Digital Computer

    Ferdinand Freudenstein;George N. Sandor

  • An Experimental and Analytical Investigation of the Dynamic Response of a High-Speed Cam-Follower System. Part 2: A Combined, Lumped/Distributed Parameter Dynamic Model

    A. P. Pisano;F. Freudenstein

  • An Experimental and Analytical Investigation of the Dynamic Response of a High-Speed Cam-Follower System. Part 1: Experimental Investigation

    A. P. Pisano;F. Freudenstein

  • Theoretical kinematics: by O. Bottema and B. Roth. Series in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 24, 558 pp. North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1979

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard W. Longman
Richard W. Longman Columbia University
Bernard Roth
Bernard Roth Stanford University
Albert P. Pisano
Albert P. Pisano University of California, San Diego
Ettore Pennestrì
Ettore Pennestrì University of Rome Tor Vergata

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