Evaluating the flexural stiffness of compliant hinges made with close-wound helical springs

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Lotti, Fabrizio ^a   Zucchelli, Andrea ^a   Reggiani, Barbara ^a   Vassura, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); PARAMETER ESTIMATION; ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY; STIFFNESS;

ANGULAR DISPLACEMENT; CLOSE WOUND HELICAL SPRINGS; DESIGN PARAMETERS; ELASTIC JOINT;

HELICAL SPRINGS;

EID: 33751338060     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/detc2006-99042     Document Type: Conference Paper

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