Topology synthesis of large-displacement compliant mechanisms

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 1999, Pages 809-818

  Pedersen, Claus B W ^a   Buhl, Thomas ^a   Sigmund, Ole ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING; MECHANISMS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOPOLOGY;

FINITE ELEMENT FORMULATIONS; LARGE DISPLACEMENTS; METHOD OF MOVING ASYMPTOTES; NUMERICAL PROBLEMS; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; TOPOLOGY SYNTHESIS; TOTAL LAGRANGIAN;

COMPLIANT MECHANISMS;

EID: 0242394951     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC99/DAC-8554     Document Type: Conference Paper

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