Optimal synthesis of compliant mechanisms to satisfy kinematic and structural requirements - Preliminary results

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 1996, Pages

  Frecker, Mary I ^a   Kikuchi, Noboru ^a   Kota, Sridhar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANT MECHANISMS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; KINEMATICS; MECHANISMS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

AUTOMATED DESIGN PROCEDURES; DESIGN OBJECTIVES; GROUND STRUCTURE; MULTICRITERIA OPTIMIZATION; OPTIMAL SYNTHESIS; PROBLEM FORMULATION; STRUCTURAL REQUIREMENTS; SYNTHESIS METHOD;

STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 85101991109     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/96-DETC/DAC-1497     Document Type: Conference Paper

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