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Showing 1 to 20 of 943 for “"Compliant"”.
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Compliant Mechanism Suspensions
This thesis has explored the use of compliant mechanisms in vehicle suspension systems, specifically where a compliant mechanism acts as part of the wheel locating mechanism and as the energy storage element. A compliant mechanism has the potential of reducing part count, joints, and manufacturing …
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Compliant mechanism learning toolkit
This thesis concerns a toolkit designed to assist in learning the behavior of complaint mechanisms. In the design of complaint mechanisms, increasingly complicated designs behave in ways that are harder to intuitively predict. This kit would allow for the rapid construction and disassembly of …
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Compliant water wave absorbers.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. Thesis. 1965. Ph.D.
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Soft, Compliant Tactile Robotic Manipulators
… we begin to look towards sensory-rich and compliant grasping mechanisms. Not only do we want to capitalize on the significant advantages in safety and adaptability that soft robots have, we also want to incorporate high-resolution tactile sensors, which will allow soft robots to perform …
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A comparative study of compliant and non-compliant sexual offenders in the state of Tennessee
… mean that there are no differences between compliant and non-complaint sexual offenders, only that violation ofregistration requirements cannot be predicted based solely on an offender's criminal history.
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A comparison of the returns of 'Regulation 28' compliant and non-compliant funds in South Africa
… and risk-weighted returns of Regulation 28 compliant funds, to fully discretional non-compliant portfolios. With a population of 27 compliant funds and 21 non-compliant funds, it was found that while mean excess long-term return of non-compliant funds consistently outperforms compliant …
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Monitoring non compliant diabetic A1C levels
<p>The AIM of this CNL project is to identify and connect with, those diabetic patients within the out-patient clinic that are not in compliance with their A1C laboratory values. Contacting these patients to schedule follow up and re-engagement in their health care plan, may improve their overall …
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Multi-stable Compliant Rolling-contact Elements
… of design concepts and models of large-angle, compliant, multistable, revolute joints. This research presents evidence of the capability of these models and concepts by presenting a case study in which the miniaturization of revolute joints are examined. Previous attempts at multistable …
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Large-Displacement Linear-Motion Compliant Mechanisms
Linear-motion compliant mechanisms have generally been developed for small displacement applications. The objective of the thesis is to provide a basis for improved large-displacement linear-motion compliant mechanisms (LLCMs). One of the challenges in developing large-displacement compliant …
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High-Torque Capacity Compliant Centrifugal Clutches
… to identify key design parameters. A robust compliant FOA clutch was designed by minimizing the tolerance for both contact engagement speed and torque capacity. The robust design insures that the clutch will operate within the prescribed application constraints. Additional modeling showed …
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Compliant Meso-Scale Grinding of Silicon
To further improve form accuracy obtained on the compliant grinding apparatus, a normal grinding force model and a depth of cut model were developed to account for the large compliance in the grinding system. Numerical simulation was performed to predict actual depths of cut and the results were …
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Explorations in low-cost compliant robotics
… the findings of exploratory research in low-cost compliant robotics. The most heavily leveraged trade-off is that of mechanical precision for computational power, with the hope that the price of future computation will continue to fall exponentially while the expected price of precision mechanical …
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Planning and teaching compliant motion strategies
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1987.
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The dynamics of geometrically compliant mooring systems
Geometrically compliant mooring systems that change their shape to accommodate deformations are common in oceanographic and offshore energy production applications. Because of the inherent geometric nonlinearities, analyses of such systems typically require the use of a sophisticated numerical …
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Development of an actively compliant underwater manipulator
… construction, and evaluation of an actively compliant underwater manipulator for installation on the underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV) JASON. The goal of this work has been to produce a high fidelity force-controllable manipulator exhibiting no backlash, low stiction/friction, high …
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COMPLIANT END-EFFECTOR COUPLING FOR ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY
… recognised and has led to the development of compliant end-effectors and/or wrists. This thesis presents a novel passively compliant coupling, the compliant end-effector coupling (CEEC), that aids automated assembly. It serves as a mechanical interface between the end of the robot arm and the …
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Compliant Centrifugal Clutches: Design, Analysis, and Testing
… analysis, compliance potential evaluation, and compliant concept evaluation were used to develop effective new centrifugal clutch concepts. These methods helped develop and model four novel compliant centrifugal clutch designs, model two existing designs, and identify a concept with excellent …
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Development of In-Plane Compliant Bistable Microrelays
… current state of microrelays, presents three new compliant bistable micromechanisms, and characterizes their performance as microrelays. The characterization includes a treatment of a new force-tester, a preliminary contact resistance study, contact-force measurements, switching time measurements, …
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A Self-Retracting Fully-Compliant Bistable Micromechanism
… is to present a class of Self-Retracting Fully-compliant Bistable Micromechanisms (SRFBM). Fully-compliant mechanisms are needed to overcome the inherent limitations of microfabricated pin joints, especially in bistable mechanisms. The elimination of the clearances associated with pin joints …
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