Topological design and control of path-following compliant mechanisms

Collection of Technical Papers - 10th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages 2430-2442

  Swan, Colby C ^a   Rahmatalla, Salam F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; STRESS ANALYSIS;

ACTUATION FORCES; CONTINUUM TOPOLOGY DESIGN; MONOLITHIC; TOPOLOGICAL DESIGN;

TOPOLOGY;

EID: 20344383992     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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