Identification of Compliant Pseudo-Rigid-Body Four-Link Mechanism Configurations Resulting in Bistable Behavior

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 701-708

  Jensen, Brian D ^a,c   Howell, Larry L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAINER CLOSURES; ENERGY STORAGE; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STIFFNESS; SWITCHES; THEOREM PROVING; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

BISTABLE BEHAVIOR; NONLINEAR DEFLECTIONS;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 1042281175     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1625399     Document Type: Article

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