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Flexures: Elements of Elastic Mechanisms
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Flexure Design: Advantages and Disadvantages of Flexures as discussed by the authors The main advantages and disadvantages of flexible design are: Basic Elasticity. Fatigue. Vibrations and Natural Frequencies of Continuous Systems.Abstract:
Introduction: Advantages and Disadvantages of Flexures. Goals of Flexure Design. Essentials: Basic Elasticity. Behavior of Materials. Fatigue. Bending of Symmetric Beams. Rigid Body Dynamics: Linear Systems Theory. Vibrations and Natural Frequencies of Continuous Systems. Flexure Elements: Leaf Type Springs. Notch Hinge. Two Axis Hinges. The Four Bar Link. Flexure Systems: General Model for Dynamics of planar Flexures. Hinges of Rotational Symmetry: The Disc Coupling. Rotationally Symmetric Leaf Type Hinge. The Bellows as a Flexure Element. Levers. Manufacturing and Assembly Considerations: Machining and Heat Treatment of Some Common Flexure Materials.read more
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Analysis and evaluation of a near-zero stiffness rotational flexural pivot
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Modeling and generating parallel flexure elements
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Design and Analysis of a Novel Six-Component F/T Sensor based on CPM for Passive Compliant Assembly
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Synthesis of Multistable Equilibrium Compliant Mechanisms.
TL;DR: This dissertation explores the design and application of devices that exhibit multistability by exploiting compliance in design and introduces a simplified mathematical scheme to capture essential parameters of bistable behaviors to aid in synthesis of more sophisticated multistable mecha-based mechanisms.