Building block method: A bottom-up modular synthesis methodology for distributed compliant mechanisms

Mechanical Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-23

  Krishnan, G ^a   Kim, C ^b   Kota, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMPLIANT MECHANISMS; ELECTRIC LOAD FLOW; GEOMETRY; KINEMATICS; MECHANISMS; SPECIFICATIONS;

AUTOMATED OPTIMIZATION; BUILDING BLOCK METHOD; BUILDING BLOCKES; GEOMETRIC QUANTITIES; GEOMETRIC REPRESENTATION; KINEMATIC DESIGNS; MODULAR SYNTHESIS; PROBLEM SPECIFICATION;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 84911003735     PISSN: 21919151     EISSN: 2191916X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/ms-3-15-2012     Document Type: Article

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