A new compliant mechanism design methodology based on flexible building blocks

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5383, Issue , 2004, Pages 244-254

  Bernardoni, Paul ^a   Bidaud, Philippe ^b   Bidard, Catherine ^a   Gosselin, Florian ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Building blocks; Compliant mechanism; Design; Genetic algorithm

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); KINEMATICS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; OPTIMIZATION;

BUILDING BLOCKS; COMPLIANT MECHANISM; ELASTIC DEFORMATION; TIME-CONSUMING;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 8844258129     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.539498     Document Type: Conference Paper

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