Elastic averaging in flexure mechanisms: A multi-beam parallelogram flexure case-study

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Awtar, Shorya ^a   Sevincer, Edip ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Omega Advanced Solutions Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DEFECTS; ELASTICITY; ERROR CORRECTION; KINEMATICS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PARAMETRIC DEVICES;

COMPLIANCE CONFIGURATION; ELASTIC AVERAGING; LUMPED COMPLIANCE CONFIGURATION; PARALLELOGRAMS;

BENDING STRENGTH;

EID: 33751319903     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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