DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14483/23448393.21898

Published:

2025-04-21

Issue:

Vol. 30 No. 1 (2025): January-April

Section:

Mechanical Engineering

Design and Implementation of a Virtual Laboratory for the Analysis and Synthesis of Mechanisms

Diseño e implementación de un laboratorio virtual para el análisis y síntesis de mecanismos

Authors

Keywords:

Virtual Laboratory, kinematics, dynamics, synthesis, mechanism (en).

Keywords:

Laboratorio virtual, cinemática, dinámica, síntesis, mecanismos (es).

Author Biography

Luz Adriana Mejia Calderón, Technological University of Pereira

Docente catedrático, Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira.

Master en Ingeniería Mecánica y Materiales, Magister en Sistemas Automáticos de Producción

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APA

Mejia Calderón, L. A., and Romero Piedrahita, C. A. (2025). Design and Implementation of a Virtual Laboratory for the Analysis and Synthesis of Mechanisms. Ingeniería, 30(1), e21898. https://doi.org/10.14483/23448393.21898

ACM

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Mejia Calderón, L.A. and Romero Piedrahita, C.A. 2025. Design and Implementation of a Virtual Laboratory for the Analysis and Synthesis of Mechanisms. Ingeniería. 30, 1 (Apr. 2025), e21898. DOI:https://doi.org/10.14483/23448393.21898.

ACS

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Mejia Calderón, L. A.; Romero Piedrahita, C. A. Design and Implementation of a Virtual Laboratory for the Analysis and Synthesis of Mechanisms. Ing. 2025, 30, e21898.

ABNT

MEJIA CALDERÓN, Luz Adriana; ROMERO PIEDRAHITA, Carlos Alberto. Design and Implementation of a Virtual Laboratory for the Analysis and Synthesis of Mechanisms. Ingeniería, [S. l.], v. 30, n. 1, p. e21898, 2025. DOI: 10.14483/23448393.21898. Disponível em: https://revistas.udistrital.edu.co/index.php/reving/article/view/21898. Acesso em: 8 jan. 2026.

Chicago

Mejia Calderón, Luz Adriana, and Carlos Alberto Romero Piedrahita. 2025. “Design and Implementation of a Virtual Laboratory for the Analysis and Synthesis of Mechanisms”. Ingeniería 30 (1):e21898. https://doi.org/10.14483/23448393.21898.

Harvard

Mejia Calderón, L. A. and Romero Piedrahita, C. A. (2025) “Design and Implementation of a Virtual Laboratory for the Analysis and Synthesis of Mechanisms”, Ingeniería, 30(1), p. e21898. doi: 10.14483/23448393.21898.

IEEE

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L. A. Mejia Calderón and C. A. Romero Piedrahita, “Design and Implementation of a Virtual Laboratory for the Analysis and Synthesis of Mechanisms”, Ing., vol. 30, no. 1, p. e21898, Apr. 2025.

MLA

Mejia Calderón, Luz Adriana, and Carlos Alberto Romero Piedrahita. “Design and Implementation of a Virtual Laboratory for the Analysis and Synthesis of Mechanisms”. Ingeniería, vol. 30, no. 1, Apr. 2025, p. e21898, doi:10.14483/23448393.21898.

Turabian

Mejia Calderón, Luz Adriana, and Carlos Alberto Romero Piedrahita. “Design and Implementation of a Virtual Laboratory for the Analysis and Synthesis of Mechanisms”. Ingeniería 30, no. 1 (April 21, 2025): e21898. Accessed January 8, 2026. https://revistas.udistrital.edu.co/index.php/reving/article/view/21898.

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Mejia Calderón LA, Romero Piedrahita CA. Design and Implementation of a Virtual Laboratory for the Analysis and Synthesis of Mechanisms. Ing. [Internet]. 2025 Apr. 21 [cited 2026 Jan. 8];30(1):e21898. Available from: https://revistas.udistrital.edu.co/index.php/reving/article/view/21898

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