Compliant pantographs via the pseudo-rigid-body model

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 1B-1998, Issue , 1998, Pages

  Nielson, Andrew J ^a   Howell, Larry L ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANT MECHANISMS; ENERGY STORAGE; MECHANISMS; RIGID STRUCTURES;

CLASSICAL MECHANISM; DESIGN FLEXIBILITY; DISPLACEMENT CHARACTERISTIC; FLEXIBLE SEGMENTS; FORCE DEFLECTION; PSEUDO-RIGID BODY MODELS; RIGID LINK MECHANISMS; RIGID LINKS;

PANTOGRAPHS;

EID: 0345614869     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC98/MECH-5930     Document Type: Conference Paper

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