A simple and accurate method for determining large deflections in compliant mechanisms subjected to end forces and moments

Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 392-400

  Saxena, A ^a   Kramer, S N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b The University of Toledo   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); DYNAMIC LOADS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICS;

BERNOULLI-EULER BEAM EQUATION; COMPLIANT MECHANISMS; FLEXIBLE LINK MECHANISMS;

CANTILEVER BEAMS;

EID: 0032165758     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2829164     Document Type: Article

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