Modeling the compliance of a variable stiffness C-shaped leg using Castigliano's Theorem

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 2, Issue PARTS A AND B, 2010, Pages 705-713

  Aydin, Yasemin Ö ^a   Galloway, Kevin C ^b   Yazicioglu, Yigit ^a   Koditschek, Daniel E ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C-SHAPED; CASTIGLIANO'S THEOREM; CIRCULAR BEAMS; CLOSED-FORM EQUATIONS; DYNAMIC EQUATIONS; HEXAPOD ROBOTS; NEW MODEL; PSEUDO RIGID BODIES; ROBOT LEG; STATIC LOADS; VARIABLE STIFFNESS;

MACHINE DESIGN; ROBOTS;

BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 80055000218     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2010-29190     Document Type: Conference Paper

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