Prediction of the first modal frequency of compliant mechanisms using the pseudo-rigid-body model

Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 309-313

  Lyon, S M ^a,b   Erickson, P A ^a   Evans, M S ^a,b   Howell, L L ^a  

^a Brigham Young University ^*

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODAL ANALYSIS;

PSEUDO-RIGID-BODY MODEL;

MECHANISMS;

EID: 0032676648     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2829459     Document Type: Article

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