Design of compliant mechanisms for minimizing input power in dynamic applications

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Tantanawat, Tanakorn ^a   Kota, Sridhar ^a  

^a The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Compliant mechanisms; Flapping mechanisms; Flapping wing air vehicles; Input power reduction

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ENERGY STORAGE; POWER TRANSMISSION; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS); STRESS CONCENTRATION;

COMPLIANT MECHANISMS; FLAPPING MECHANISMS; FLAPPING WING AIR VEHICLES; INPUT POWER REDUCTION;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 33751332771     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/detc2006-99430     Document Type: Conference Paper

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