Forward and inverse analyses of smart compliant mechanisms for path generation

Mechanism and Machine Theory

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 369-381

  Banerjee, A ^a   Bhattacharya, B ^a   Mallik, A K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Compliant mechanism; Smart actuators

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; CANTILEVER BEAMS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANISMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY;

ADOMIAN DECOMPOSITION METHODS; COMPLIANT MECHANISM; COMPLIANT MECHANISMS; ELASTIC BEAMS; ELASTIC HINGES; ELASTIC LINKS; INVERSE ANALYSES; LARGE DEFLECTIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL SCHEMES; OPEN LOOPS; PATH GENERATIONS; SMART ACTUATORS; TWO LINKS;

PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS;

EID: 55949105205     PISSN: 0094114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2008.03.012     Document Type: Article

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