An instant center approach toward the conceptual design of compliant mechanisms

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 542-550

  Kim, Charles J ^a,b   Kota, Sridhar ^b   Moon, Yong Mo ^c  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Building block synthesis; Compliant mechanisms; Conceptual design; Instant center

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTIMIZATION;

BUILDING BLOCK SYNTHESIS; COMPLIANT MECHANISMS; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN;

KINEMATICS;

EID: 33646178812     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2181992     Document Type: Article

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