Analysis of rotational precision for and isosceles-trapezoidal flexural pivot

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Xu, Pei ^a   Jingjun, Yu ^a   Guanghua, Zong ^a   Shusheng, Bi ^a   Zhiwei, Yu ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN;

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; DIMENSIONAL PARAMETERS; LARGE DEFLECTION; LINKAGE MODELS; MECHANICAL DESIGN; PSEUDO-RIGID BODY MODELS; PURE-ROTATION; RIGID MODEL;

RIGID STRUCTURES;

EID: 45149135062     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2885507     Document Type: Article

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