⎯ A design is presented for a large force (0.5 mN) high precision MEMS clamping mechanism. The clamp is part of a MEMS TEM sample manipulator, which needs to be fixed un-powered once positioned. The elastic deformation of the clamp suspension has been optimized to not influence the TEM sample manipulator position during clamping. The dimensions of the elastic elements have been further optimize...

We develop a thermodynamic model of electrostriction for elastic dielectrics capable of large deformation. The model reproduces the classical equations of state for dielectrics at small deformation, but shows that some electrostrictive effects negligible at small deformation may become pronounced at large deformation. The model is then specialized to account for recent experiments with an elast...

ON THE NON-UNIQUENESS OF ELASTIC ROTATIONS FOR DEFORMATIONS OF MATERIALS WITH ELASTIC RANGE by David R. Owen In this note precise definitions of the concepts of permanent deformation, annealed state, and non-softening material are used to establish non-uniqueness of elastic rotations for deformations of certain materials with elastic range. ON THE NON-UNIQUENESS OF ELASTIC ROTATIONS FOR DEFORMA...

The paper presents a joint sensing strategy that combines tactile probing and range imaging for the mapping of the elastic properties that characterize 3D deformable objects. A feedforward neural network architecture is employed in an original manner to model the complex relationship between the surface deformation and the forces exemplified in non-rigid bodies. Experimental results are present...

This paper considers how forces are produced by surface curvature e ects in systems where an object B is kinematically immobilized to 2nd order by nger bodies A1; : : : ;Ak. A paradox is used to demonstrate that the conventional rigid body idealization is insu cient to explain how these contact forces are generated. In order to explain the paradox, a class of con gurationspace based elastic def...

This Report presents a matrix formulation of a method which employs influence coefficients to solve static aeroelastic problems. Linear structural characteristics are assumed and the aerodynamic loading, including that due to elastic deformation, is assumed to be compounded from a linear combination of 'elementary' distributions. Details of the method are here considered only for symmetric flig...

Reliability assessment of reciprocating equipment piston rod leads to nonlinear elastic-plastic deformation analysis of rod with initial imperfection under axial dynamic load. In this paper a new and effective model and analytical simulation method are presented to evaluate dynamic deformation and elastic-plastic stress of reciprocating machine piston rod. This new method has capability to acco...