A virtual reality interface for the design of compliant mechanisms

Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference 2009, DETC2009

Volumn 5, Issue PART B, 2010, Pages 1355-1360

  Seth, Utkarsh ^a   Su, Hai Jun ^b   Vance, Judy M ^a  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

^b Baltimore County   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANT MECHANISM; CONSTRAINT SET; CONSTRAINT-BASED; CONSTRAINT-BASED DESIGN; CRITICAL PROBLEMS; DESIGN PROCESS; DESIGN SOLUTIONS; IMMERSIVE; IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS; INTELLIGENT DESIGNS; MECHANICAL DEVICE; MOTION PATH; NEW OPTIONS; NON-LINEAR; PRIOR KNOWLEDGE; USER CENTERED DESIGNS; USER-CENTERED; VIRTUAL REALITY INTERFACES;

ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANISMS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 77953733013     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2009-87155     Document Type: Conference Paper

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