Analysis and optimization of the active rigidity joint

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Manzo, Justin ^a   Garcia, Ephrahim ^a  

^a School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATOR PERFORMANCE; EMBEDDED ACTUATORS; EXTERNAL LOADING; FINITE ELEMENT; HEURISTIC OPTIMIZATION; INITIAL CONFIGURATION; ITERATIVE PROCESS; LOAD BEARING; MUSCLE TISSUES; NEW MODEL; RIGID JOINT; SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY; SHAPE MEMORY POLYMERS; STRAIN DISTRIBUTIONS; THERMAL CONSTRAINTS; THERMALLY ACTIVATED;

ACTUATORS; COST FUNCTIONS; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); MUSCLE; RIGIDITY; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT;

SIMULATED ANNEALING;

EID: 70450187219     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/18/12/125020     Document Type: Article

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