Design of a compliant mechanism to modify an actuator characteristic to deliver a constant output force

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1101-1112

  Pedersen, C B W ^a   Fleck, N A ^a   Ananthasuresh, G K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; KINEMATICS; MECHANISMS; MICROACTUATORS; OPTIMIZATION; TOPOLOGY;

COMPLIANT TRANSMISSION MECHANISM; FORCE MECHANISM; TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION;

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 33748606892     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2218883     Document Type: Article

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