A kinematic theory for radially foldable planar linkages

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 44, Issue 18-19, 2007, Pages 6279-6298

  Patel, Jiten ^a   Ananthasuresh, G K ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Deployable; Foldable; Hoberman; Kinematics; Over constrained linkages

Indexed keywords

FOLDABILITY; OVER-CONSTRAINED LINKAGES; PLANAR LINKAGES;

ALGEBRA; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS;

KINEMATICS;

EID: 34447513063     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2007.02.023     Document Type: Article

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