Optimal synthesis of compliant mechanisms using subdivision and commercial FEA

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 2 B, Issue , 2004, Pages 1311-1323

  Hull, Patrick V ^a   Canfield, Stephen ^a  

^a Tennessee Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

Compliant mechanism; FEA; Reachability; Subdivision; Synthesis; Topology

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DISCRETE TIME CONTROL SYSTEMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SURFACE TREATMENT; TOPOLOGY;

COMPLIANT MECHANISMS; HOMOGENIZATION; REACHABILITY; SUBDIVISION;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 13944282062     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/detc2004-57497     Document Type: Conference Paper

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