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An Introduction to Mechanical Advantage in Compliant Mechanisms

18th Design Automation Conference: Volume 2 — Geometric Modeling, Mechanisms, and Mechanical Systems Analysis, 1992
Abstract An energy approach is utilized to determine mechanical advantage in compliant mechanisms by duly accounting for lost work due to deformation. Three mechanical advantage types are then defined which examine the isolated influences of various parameters.
B. A. Salamon, A. Midha
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Dynamical Limit of Compliant Lever Mechanisms

Journal of Mechanical Design, 2008
The application of the mechanical energy conservation principle sets a dynamical limit to the performances of compliant lever mechanisms endowed with a positive definite strain energy. The limit applies to every linear compliant lever and is given as an upper bound on the product between the static effective gain of the device and its bandwidth.
Bonaldi Michele, Saraceni Mario, Serra Enrico   +2 more
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On the Shaking Force Balancing of Compliant Mechanisms

2019 7th International Conference on Control, Mechatronics and Automation (ICCMA), 2019
This paper is a first approach in finding design principles for the design of shaking force balanced compliant mechanisms. Shaking force balance means that the motions of the mechanism do not create any resultant dynamic reaction forces on the base, eliminating base vibrations.It is found that for a single balanced rotatable flexible link two stiffness
S. Martínez, J. P. Meijaard, Volkert van der Wijk   +2 more
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Mechanics of compliant structures

2005
Biological organisms must be structurally efficient. Hence it is not surprising that nature has embraced the compliant membrane structure as a central element in higher biological forms. This chapter discusses the unique challenges of modeling the mechanical behavior of compliant membrane structures.
C. H. M. Jenkins, W. W. Schur, G. Greshchik   +2 more
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On the Classification of Compliant Mechanisms

2008
An intrinsic compliance of technical systems is often required in a lot of applications i.e. medical technology and man-machine interaction. This requirement can be realised constructively by utilisation of compliant mechanisms. This paper presents a classification of the deformation behaviour of compliant mechanisms to simplify their systematic ...
Lena Zentner, Valter Böhm
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Optimal Synthesis of Topology for Compliant Mechanisms

Volume 14: Design, Systems, and Complexity, 2019
Abstract The aim of the present work is disclosing a model suitable to provide a new tool for the synthesis of mechanisms and structures. Firstly, a framework will be introduced for the representation of a particular class of mechanisms: compliant mechanisms.
Caputi, Antonio, Russo, Davide
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A compliant parallel mechanism for needle intervention

2013 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2013
This paper presents a compliant mechanism for fine motion of a medical robot for needle intervention procedure. The concept of this mechanism is created with the purpose of correcting a needle axis by translating a main robot for needle driving when an unexpected slip happens in needle insertion.
Youngjin Moon, Jaesoon Choi
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Analyzing Overconstrained Design of Compliant Mechanisms

Volume 4: 8th International Conference on Multibody Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Control, Parts A and B, 2011
Whereas the use of compliant mechanisms is favorable for high precision applications, the constraints must be dealt with carefully. In an overconstrained design the actual natural frequencies and stiffnesses can differ considerably from their intended values.
Aarts, R.G.K.M., Boer, S.E., Meijaard, J.P., Brouwer, D.M., Jonker, J.B.   +4 more
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On the Mechanical Advantage of Compliant Mechanisms

How effective are compliant mechanisms for force transmission? We explore here how their inherent elastic deformation limits, or does not, their ability to transmit forces; and analyze their elastokinematic behavior to quantify, understand, and interpret the transmission of forces.
R Vishwanath, G. K. Ananthasuresh
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Mechanics in naturally compliant structures

Mechanics of Materials, 2007
Abstract In this study the mechanics of compliant structures (very light weight structures which do not have bending capability but have axial stiffness (tension)) in particular to spider web has been studied. The orb-web spider has evolved over the last 180 million years [Lin, L.H., Edmonds, D.T., Vollrath, F., 1995. Structural engineering of an orb-
M.S. Alam, M.A. Wahab, C.H. Jenkins
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