A Seminalytical Approach to Large Deflections in Compliant Beams under Point Load

The deflection of compliant mechanism (CM) which involves geometrical nonlinearity due to large deflection of members continues to be an interesting problem in mechanical systems. This paper deals with an analytical investigation of large deflections in compliant mechanisms. The main objective is to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: N. Tolou, J. L. Herder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2009-01-01
Series:Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/910896