Modeling of flexure-hinge type lever mechanisms

Precision Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 407-418

  Jouaneh, Musa ^a   Yang, Renyi ^b  

^a University of Rhode Island   (United States)

^b Inphi Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexure hinges; Lever mechanisms; Micro positioning stages

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STIFFNESS; STRETCHING;

LEVER MECHANISMS;

HINGES;

EID: 0142125907     PISSN: 01416359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-6359(03)00045-X     Document Type: Article

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