Topological synthesis of compliant mechanisms using multi-criteria optimization

Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 238-245

  Frecker, M I ^a   Ananthasuresh, G K ^a,b   Nishiwaki, S ^a   Kikuchi, N ^a   Kota, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DESIGN; ELASTICITY; OPTIMIZATION; TRUSSES;

TOPOLOGICAL SYNTHESIS;

MECHANISMS;

EID: 0031168139     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2826242     Document Type: Article

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