A geometrical approach to the study of the Cartesian stiffness matrix

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 30-38

  Žefran, Miloš ^a   Kumar, Vijay ^a  

^a 1120 Science and Engineering Offices   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; LOADS (FORCES); POTENTIAL ENERGY; ROBOTICS; STIFFNESS; TENSORS;

CONSERVATIVE FORCES;

STIFFNESS MATRIX;

EID: 0036522097     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1423638     Document Type: Article

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