Catastrophe analysis of a planar system with flexural pivots

Mechanism and Machine Theory

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 693-716

  Carricato, Marco ^a   Duffy, Joseph ^b   Parenti Castelli, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; END EFFECTORS; FUNCTIONS; MECHANISMS; SYSTEM STABILITY;

FLEXURAL PIVOTS;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 0036642586     PISSN: 0094114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-114X(02)00012-5     Document Type: Article

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