Analytical model of displacement amplification and stiffness optimization for a class of flexure-based compliant mechanisms

Computers and Structures

Volumn 81, Issue 32, 2003, Pages 2797-2810

  Lobontiu, Nicolae ^a   Garcia, Ephrahim ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplification; Compliant mechanism; Flexure hinge; MEMS; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STIFFNESS;

FLEXURE HINGES;

HINGES;

EID: 0142011518     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2003.07.003     Document Type: Article

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