A novel formulation for the design of distributed compliant mechanisms

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

Volumn 5, Issue , 2002, Pages 137-149

  Yin, Luzhong ^a   Ananthasuresh, G K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLIED LOADS; COMPLIANT MECHANISM; ELASTIC MECHANICS; HIGH STRENGTH; LARGE DISPLACEMENTS; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; OVERALL STIFFNESS; REVOLUTE JOINTS; RIGID BODY; RIGID MEMBERS; TOPOLOGY SOLUTION; COMPLIANT DESIGNS; DISTRIBUTED COMPLIANCES; FORCE DEFLECTION;

MECHANISMS; OPTIMIZATION; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; TOPOLOGY;

DESIGN; COMPLIANT MECHANISMS;

EID: 0036979752     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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