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A Method for the Design of Compliant Mechanisms With Small-Length Flexural Pivots
Larry L. Howell,Ashok Midha +1 more
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This article is published in Journal of Mechanical Design.The article was published on 1994-03-01. It has received 447 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Compliant mechanism & Deflection (engineering).read more
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On the Design of Compliant Mechanisms Using Topology Optimization
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a method for optimal design of compliant mechanism topologies based on continuum-type topology optimization techniques and find the optimal mechanism topology within a given design domain and a given position and direction of input and output forces.
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A method for building self-folding machines
TL;DR: This origami-inspired robot can fold itself in 4 minutes and walk away without human intervention, demonstrating the potential both for complex self-folding machines and autonomous, self-controlled assembly.
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Design and fabrication of compliant micromechanisms and structures with negative Poisson's ratio
TL;DR: In this article, a numerical topology optimization method is used to design and fabricate compliant micromechanisms and material structures with negative Poisson's ratio (NPR) using a laser micromachining setup.
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Topology synthesis of large‐displacement compliant mechanisms
TL;DR: In this article, the use of topology optimization as a synthesis tool for the design of large-displacement compliant mechanisms is described, and an objective function for the synthesis of large displacement mechanisms is proposed together with a formulation for synthesis of path-generating compliant mechanisms.
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Topology optimization of compliant mechanisms using the homogenization method
TL;DR: A procedure to obtain a topology of an optimal structure considering flexibility is presented, based on a mutual energy concept for formulation of flexibility and the homogenization method.
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