Study of soft-finger contact mechanics using finite elements analysis and experiments

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 3, Issue , 2000, Pages 2179-2184

  Xydas, Nicholas ^a   Bhagavat, Milind ^a   Kao, Imin ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HERTZIAN THEORY; HUMAN FINGERS; HYPERELASTIC CONTACTS; NONLINEAR FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; POWER LAW THEORY; SOFT FINGER CONTACT MECHANICS; UNIAXIAL COMPRESSION;

COMPRESSION TESTING; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRICTION; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION;

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EID: 0033706369     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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