Du, ShucenShucenDuSchlattmann, JosefJosefSchlattmannSchulz, StefanStefanSchulzSeibel, ArthurArthurSeibel2020-02-112020-02-112019-11-18Annual Meeting of the International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanic (GAMM 2019) 19 (1): e201900298 (2019)http://hdl.handle.net/11420/4872In this paper, a computation method for the output shaft’s rotation of a passive rotational joint, especially of one that is deployed on a parallel mechanism, is investigated. As an alternative to typical geometric or screw theory methods, we propose a new approach that is based on the comparison between any passive rotational joint with a reference spherical joint. As examples, we apply our method to a universal joint and a novel double joint whose passive rotation is difficult to calculate with traditional methods. c 2019 The Authors Proceedings in Applied Mathematics & Mechanics published by Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA Weinheimen1617-706120191Wiley-VCHhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/TechnikIngenieurwissenschaftenConference Paper10.15480/882.264910.1002/pamm.20190029810.15480/882.2649Conference Paper