Multistable equilibrium system design methodology and demonstration

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1036-1046

  King, Carey ^a,b   Beaman, Joseph J ^c   Sreenivasan, S V ^c   Campbell, Matthew ^c  

^a Uni Pixel Displays Inc ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTIMIZATION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

ENGINEERING DESIGN; MULTISTABLE EQUILIBRIUM (MSE) SYSTEMS;

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 15444376092     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1799631     Document Type: Article

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