Design of compliant mechanisms with selective compliance

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Hasse, Alexander ^a   Campanile, Lucio Flavio ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION EXAMPLES; COMPLIANT MECHANISM; DEFORMATION ENERGY; DEFORMATION PATTERN; DESIGN CRITERION; INFINITE NUMBERS; NEW DESIGN; NUMBER OF DEGREES OF FREEDOM; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION FORMULATIONS; OPTIMIZATION PROCEDURES; SPECIAL CLASS;

DEFORMATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); KINEMATICS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANISMS; MODAL ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 70350669682     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/18/11/115016     Document Type: Article

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