A kinetoelastic formulation of compliant mechanism optimization

Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1-10

  Wang, Michael Yu ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Compliant mechanisms; Kinetoelastic model; Topology optimization; Translational joints

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANT MECHANISM; COMPLIANT MECHANISMS; ELASTICITY THEORY; FUNCTION REQUIREMENTS; INPUT/OUTPUT; MATRIX; RIGID BODY; SLIDING JOINTS; SPRING MODEL; STATE EQUATIONS; TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION; TRANSLATIONAL JOINTS;

KINEMATICS; LEAF SPRINGS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANISMS; OPTIMIZATION; TOPOLOGY;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 67650636002     PISSN: 19424302     EISSN: 19424310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3056476     Document Type: Article

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