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Compliant Mechanisms: Design of Flexure Hinges
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The second edition of Compliant Mechanisms: Design of Flexure Hinges as mentioned in this paper provides practical answers to the design and analysis of devices that incorporate flexible hinges by means of a bottom-up compliance (flexibility) approach.Abstract:
With a rigorous and comprehensive coverage, the second edition of Compliant Mechanisms: Design of Flexure Hinges provides practical answers to the design and analysis of devices that incorporate flexible hinges. Complex-shaped flexible-hinge mechanisms are generated from basic elastic segments by means of a bottom-up compliance (flexibility) approach. The same compliance method and the classical finite element analysis are utilized to study the quasi-static and dynamic performances of these compliant mechanisms. This book offers easy-to-use mathematical tools to investigate a wealth of flexible-hinge configurations and two- or three-dimensional compliant mechanism applications.
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Introduces a bottom-up compliance-based approach to characterize the flexibility of new and existing flexible hinges of straight- and curvilinear-axis configurations
Develops a consistent linear lumped-parameter compliance model to thoroughly describe the quasi-static and dynamic behavior of planar/spatial, serial/parallel flexible-hinge mechanisms
Utilizes the finite element method to analyze the quasi-statics and dynamics of compliant mechanisms by means of straight- and curvilinear-axis flexible-hinge elements
Covers miscellaneous topics such as stress concentration, yielding and related maximum load, precision of rotation of straight- and circular-axis flexible hinges, temperature effects on compliances, layered flexible hinges and piezoelectric actuation/sensing
Offers multiple solved examples of flexible hinges and flexible-hinge mechanisms.
This book should serve as a reference to students, researchers, academics and anyone interested to investigate precision flexible-hinge mechanisms by linear model-based methods in various areas of mechanical, aerospace or biomedical engineering, as well as in robotics and micro-/nanosystems.read more
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Design of large-displacement compliant joints
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Design and Control of a Three-Axis Serial-Kinematic High-Bandwidth Nanopositioner
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Review of circular flexure hinge design equations and derivation of empirical formulations
TL;DR: In this paper, a comparison of various compliance/stiffness equations of circular flexure hinges with FEA results is presented, based on the limitations of these design equations, a guideline for selecting the most accurate equations for hinge design calculations is presented.