Mechanical Sciences
Mechanical Sciences
Mechanical Sciences

Volume 4, issue 2

Volumes and issues
Volumes and issues

Volume 4, issue 2

01 Jul 2013
Gantry crane control of a double-pendulum, distributed-mass load, using mechanical wave concepts
W. O'Connor and H. Habibi
Mech. Sci., 4, 251–261, https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-4-251-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-4-251-2013, 2013
17 Jul 2013
Type synthesis of freedom and constraint elements for design of flexure mechanisms
H.-J. Su and C. Yue
Mech. Sci., 4, 263–277, https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-4-263-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-4-263-2013, 2013
01 Aug 2013
A novel director-based Bernoulli–Euler beam finite element in absolute nodal coordinate formulation free of geometric singularities
P. G. Gruber, K. Nachbagauer, Y. Vetyukov, and J. Gerstmayr
Mech. Sci., 4, 279–289, https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-4-279-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-4-279-2013, 2013
15 Aug 2013
Towards the design of monolithic decoupled XYZ compliant parallel mechanisms for multi-function applications
G. Hao
Mech. Sci., 4, 291–302, https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-4-291-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-4-291-2013, 2013
02 Sep 2013
Design and optimization of a XY compliant mechanical displacement amplifier
A. Eskandari and P. R. Ouyang
Mech. Sci., 4, 303–310, https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-4-303-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-4-303-2013, 2013
16 Sep 2013
Simplified PRBMs of spatial compliant multi-beam modules for planar motion
G. Hao
Mech. Sci., 4, 311–318, https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-4-311-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-4-311-2013, 2013
01 Oct 2013
Designing hybrid flexure systems and elements using Freedom and Constraint Topologies
J. B. Hopkins
Mech. Sci., 4, 319–331, https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-4-319-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-4-319-2013, 2013
11 Oct 2013
Experimental investigation of water droplets' behavior in dielectric medium: the effect of an applied D.C. electric field
H. Bararnia and D. D. Ganji
Mech. Sci., 4, 333–344, https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-4-333-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-4-333-2013, 2013
15 Oct 2013
New empirical stiffness equations for corner-filleted flexure hinges
Q. Meng, Y. Li, and J. Xu
Mech. Sci., 4, 345–356, https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-4-345-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-4-345-2013, 2013
01 Nov 2013
On understanding of design problem formulation for compliant mechanisms through topology optimization
L. Cao, A. Dolovich, and W. J. Zhang
Mech. Sci., 4, 357–369, https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-4-357-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-4-357-2013, 2013
15 Nov 2013
Origami-like creases in sheet materials for compliant mechanism design
K. C. Francis, J. E. Blanch, S. P. Magleby, and L. L. Howell
Mech. Sci., 4, 371–380, https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-4-371-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-4-371-2013, 2013
02 Dec 2013
Monolithic 2 DOF fully compliant space pointing mechanism
E. G. Merriam, J. E. Jones, S. P. Magleby, and L. L. Howell
Mech. Sci., 4, 381–390, https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-4-381-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-4-381-2013, 2013
11 Dec 2013
Vector model of the timing diagram of automatic machine
A. Jomartov
Mech. Sci., 4, 391–396, https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-4-391-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-4-391-2013, 2013
16 Dec 2013
Power-free bistable threshold accelerometer made from a carbon nanotube framework
J. D. Tanner and B. D. Jensen
Mech. Sci., 4, 397–405, https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-4-397-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-4-397-2013, 2013
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