Torsional stiffness of several variable rectangular cross-section flexure hinges for macro-scale and MEMS applications

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 12-19

  Lobontiu, Nicolae ^a   Garcia, Ephrahim ^a   Canfield, Steven ^b  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLEXURE HINGES; TORSIONAL STIFFNESS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MIRRORS; MODAL ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS;

HINGES;

EID: 1342282786     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/13/1/002     Document Type: Article

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