The current design algorithms for compliant mechanisms often generate solutions that imitate rigid-body linkages by means of point flexures or flexure pivots, by using the popular spring model formulation. This paper presents a kinetoelastic formulation for compliant mechanism optimization. With a state equation of the mechanism defined by the elasticity theory, the model incorporates not only the kinematic function requirements of the mechanism but, more importantly, the necessary conditions on the compliance characteristics of the mechanism’s structure. The kinematics of the compliant mechanism is defined on rigid bodies of input/output ports and is related to a set of kinetoelastic factors of the mechanism’s compliance matrix. The kinetoelastic formulation is applied to the problem of optimizing a compliant translational joint, producing compliant designs with compliance properties such as the leaf spring type sliding joint as opposed to the notch-type joint. This paper represents an initial development toward a more general methodology for compliant mechanism optimization.
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A Kinetoelastic Formulation of Compliant Mechanism Optimization
Michael Yu Wang
Michael Yu Wang
Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering,
e-mail: yuwang@mae.cuhk.edu.hk
Chinese University of Hong Kong
, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong
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Michael Yu Wang
Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering,
Chinese University of Hong Kong
, Shatin, NT, Hong Konge-mail: yuwang@mae.cuhk.edu.hk
J. Mechanisms Robotics. May 2009, 1(2): 021011 (10 pages)
Published Online: January 12, 2009
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Received:
May 15, 2008
Revised:
October 30, 2008
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January 12, 2009
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Wang, M. Y. (January 12, 2009). "A Kinetoelastic Formulation of Compliant Mechanism Optimization." ASME. J. Mechanisms Robotics. May 2009; 1(2): 021011. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.3056476
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