A three degree of freedom pseudo-rigid-body model for the design of a fully compliant bistable micromechanism

ASME 2002 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE2002

Volumn 5, Issue , 2002, Pages 13-22

  Masters, Nathan D ^a   Howell, Larry L ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BI-STABILITY; BISTABLES; COMPRESSIVE LOADING; CRITICAL FORCE; DEGREE OF FREEDOM; DESIGN PROCESS; FATIGUE TESTS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; FLEXIBLE SEGMENTS; LOW POWER; MICRO MECHANISMS; ON-CHIP ACTUATION; PSEUDO-RIGID-BODY MODELS; RIGID BODY; MULTIPLE-DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM; SELF RETRACTING FULLY COMPLIANT BISTABLE MICROMECHANISM; SMALL DISPLACEMENT; THREE DEGREE OF FREEDOMS; THREE-DEGREE OF FREEDOM (3DOF);

FATIGUE TESTING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DESIGN; RIGID STRUCTURES;

DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0036974038     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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