Compliant joint design principles for high compressive load situations

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 774-781

  Guérinot, Alexandre E ^a   Magleby, Spencer P ^a   Howell, Larry L ^a   Todd, Robert H ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; DESIGN; ELASTIC MODULI; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; KINEMATICS; MECHANICS; STIFFNESS; YIELD STRESS;

COMPLIANT JOINT; COMPRESSIVE LOAD; HIGH COMPRESSION COMPLIANT MECHANISMS;

UNIVERSAL JOINTS;

EID: 23044504404     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1862677     Document Type: Article

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