Synthesis of contact-aided compliant mechanisms for non-smooth path generation

Collection of Technical Papers - 11th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages 2281-2303

  Mankame, N D ^a   Ananthasuresht, G K ^b  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CONTACT-AIDED COMPLIANT MECHANISMS; GRADIENT-BASED OPTIMIZATION METHODS; TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION;

TOPOLOGY;

EID: 33846467192     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2006-7100     Document Type: Conference Paper

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