Closed-loop tape springs as fully compliant mechanisms -preliminary investigations

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 2 B, Issue , 2004, Pages 1023-1032

  Vehar, Christine ^a   Kota, Sridhar ^a   Dennis, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Bi stable mechanism; Closed loop tape springs; Compliant joints; Compliant mechanism; Tape spring mechanism

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; BENDING (DEFORMATION); BUCKLING; FRICTION; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); KINEMATICS; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; STRAIN; TENSILE TESTING; THIN WALLED STRUCTURES;

BI-STABLE MECHANISM; CLOSED-LOOP TAPE SPRINGS; COMPLIANT JOINTS; COMPLIANT MECHANISMS; TAPE SPRING MECHANISM;

SPRINGS (COMPONENTS);

EID: 13944262526     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/detc2004-57403     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (4)

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3. Pellegrino, S., Kebadze, E., Lefort, T., and Watt, A. M., 2002, "Low-Cost Hinge for Deployable Structures," Technical Report, University of Cambridge.
4. Seffen, K. A., and Pellegrino, S., 1997, "Deployment of a Rigid Panel by Tape-Springs," Technical Report, University of Cambridge.