Corner-filleted flexure hinges

Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 346-352

  Lobontiu, Nicolae ^a   Paine, Jeffrey S N ^a   Garcia, Ephrahim ^b   Goldfarb, Michael ^b  

^a Dynamic Structures and Materials ^*  (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000557181     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1372190     Document Type: Article

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