Closed-form nonlinear analysis of beam-based flexure modules

Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference - DETC2005

Volumn 7 A, Issue , 2005, Pages 101-110

  Awtar, Shorya ^a   Slocum, Alexander H ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BEAMS AND GIRDERS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; STIFFNESS;

FLEXURE MECHANISMS; FORCE EQUILIBRIUM; FORCE-DISPLACEMENT;

MECHANISMS;

EID: 33244462823     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/detc2005-85440     Document Type: Conference Paper

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