Static shape control of smart structures using compliant mechanisms

AIAA journal

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 572-578

  Saggere, Laxminarayana ^a   Kota, Sridhar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TORQUE;

COMPLIANT MECHANISMS; STATIC SHAPE CONTROL;

INTELLIGENT STRUCTURES;

EID: 0032681694     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.775     Document Type: Article

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