Functional characterization of Compliant building blocks utilizing eigentwists and eigenwrenches

2008 Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, DETC 2008

Volumn 2, Issue PART A, 2009, Pages 175-182

  Kim, Charles J ^a  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING BLOCK METHOD; BUILDING BLOCKES; COMPLIANT MECHANISM; DEFORMABLE BODIES; FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION; OPEN-ENDED PROBLEMS; RIGID BODY; TRADITIONAL JOINTS;

BUILDINGS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANISMS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 69949152674     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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