Designing distributed compliant mechanisms with characteristic stiffness

2007 Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, DETC2007

Volumn 8 PART A, Issue , 2008, Pages 33-45

  Chen, Shikui ^a   Wang, Michael Yu ^b  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANT MECHANISMS; DE FACTO; INTERNATIONAL DESIGNS; LEVEL-SET MODEL; NOVEL METHODS; SHARP INTERFACES; SPRING MODELS; TECHNICAL CONFERENCES; TOPOLOGICAL CHANGES; TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION (TO);

AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTERS; ENGINEERING; GEOMETRY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MECHANISMS; OPTIMIZATION; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; SET THEORY; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; TECHNOLOGY; TOPOLOGY;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 45149126885     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2007-34437     Document Type: Conference Paper

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