Design of a partially compliant crank rocker mechanism using Ionic Polymer Metal Composite for path generation

Materials and Design

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2471-2477

  Panda, Biswanath ^a   Dutta, Ashish ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Crank rocker mechanism; Four bar mechanism; Ionic Polymer Metal Composite; Path generation; Pseudo rigid body model

Indexed keywords

CRANK-ROCKER MECHANISM; FOUR-BAR MECHANISMS; IONIC POLYMER METAL COMPOSITES; PATH GENERATION; PSEUDO-RIGID BODY MODELS;

BARS (METAL); MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; METALS; ORGANIC CONDUCTORS;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 76549126774     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2009.11.049     Document Type: Article

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