Design, simulation, and fabrication of a quadstable monolithic mechanism with X- and Y-directional bistable curved beams

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 129, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1198-1203

  Han, Jeong Sam ^a   Müller, Claas ^b   Wallrabe, Ulrike ^b   Korvink, Jan G ^b  

^a Andong National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FORCE MEASUREMENT; MILLING (MACHINING);

MECHANICAL MULTISTABILITY; MILLIMETER-SCALE BRASS MECHANISM; QUADSTABLE MONOLITHIC MECHANISM;

MECHANICAL STABILITY;

EID: 36549005978     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2771577     Document Type: Article

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