Design of a functionally binary pinned-pinned segment for use as a tension-compression spring in compliant micro mechanisms

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 197-204

  Wittwer, Jonathan W ^b   Howell, Larry L ^a  

^a Brigham Young University   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COIL SPRING; DEFLECTION-LIMIT; MAXIMUM ERROR; MAXIMUM MOMENTS; MICRO MECHANISMS; MICRO-SCALES; MOMENT METHODS; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; PIN JOINTS; PSEUDO-RIGID-BODY MODELS; TENSION AND COMPRESSION; TENSION-COMPRESSION;

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 78249283521     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2002-33982     Document Type: Conference Paper

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