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Research article
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20 Oct 2011
Research article |
| 20 Oct 2011
Compliant space mechanisms: a new frontier for compliant mechanisms
R. M. Fowler
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA
L. L. Howell
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA
S. P. Magleby
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA
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