Optimal structural design of compliant mechanismsconsidering a quantitative displacement constraint

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 1998, Pages

  Ejima, Susumu ^a   Sekiguchi, Minako ^a   Nishiwaki, Shinji ^a   Kikuchi, Noboru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANT MECHANISMS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; MECHANISMS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; DISPLACEMENT CONSTRAINT; MATERIAL DENSITY; OPTIMAL STRUCTURAL DESIGNS; OPTIMUM LAYOUT;

STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84862053687     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC98/DAC-5580     Document Type: Conference Paper

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