Synthesis of distributed compliant mechanisms for adaptive structures application: An elasto-kinematic approach

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 1997, Pages

  Saggere, Laxminarayana ^a   Kota, Sridhar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive Structures; Compliant mechanisms

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; COMPLIANCE CONTROL; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; MECHANISMS;

DISTRIBUTED ACTUATION; DISTRIBUTED ACTUATORS; DISTRIBUTED COMPLIANCES; FULLY COMPLIANT MECHANISM; KINEMATIC APPROACHES; RIGID BODY DISPLACEMENT; RIGID LINK MECHANISMS; SYNTHESIS PROCEDURE;

COMPLIANT MECHANISMS;

EID: 57649143739     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC97/DAC-3861     Document Type: Conference Paper

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