Bistable buckled beam: Modeling of actuating force and experimental validations

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 131, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1010011-10100110

  Cazottes, Paul ^a,b   Fernandes, Amâncio ^a   Pouget, Joël ^a   Hafez, Moustapha ^b  

^a INSTITUT JEAN LE ROND D ALEMBERT   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; DESIGN; MECHANISMS;

ACTUATING FORCES; BEAM MODELING; BI-STABILITY; BISTABLE MECHANISMS; BISTABLES; BUCKLED BEAMS; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; PROPERTY; SMALL SCALE;

COMPLIANT MECHANISMS;

EID: 77953507439     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3179003     Document Type: Article

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