A tristable compliant micromechanism with two serially connected bistable mechanisms

Mechanism and Machine Theory

Volumn 71, Issue , 2014, Pages 27-39

  Wang, Dung An ^a   Chen, Jyun Hua ^a   Pham, Huy Tuan ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b HO CHI MINH CITY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Bistable; Tristable micromechanism

Indexed keywords

BISTABLE MECHANISMS; BISTABLES; DISPLACEMENT CURVE; GEOMETRY PARAMETER; MICRO MECHANISMS; OPTIMAL DESIGN; STABLE EQUILIBRIUM; STATIC LOADING;

ELECTROFORMING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LOADING; MECHANISMS;

COMPLIANT MECHANISMS;

EID: 84884888423     PISSN: 0094114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2013.08.018     Document Type: Article

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