Evaluation of equivalent spring stiffness for use in a pseudo-rigid-body model of large-deflection compliant mechanisms

Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 126-131

  Howell, L L ^a   Midha, A ^b   Norton, T W ^c  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; GEOMETRY; MACHINE COMPONENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANISMS; OPTIMIZATION; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS); STIFFNESS;

COMPLIANT MECHANISMS; PSEUDO RIGID BODY MODEL;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 0030109621     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2826843     Document Type: Article

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