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Modeling Large Planar Deflections of Flexible Beams in Compliant Mechanisms Using Chained Beam-Constraint-Model
Fulei Ma,Guimin Chen +1 more
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This article is published in Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics.The article was published on 2016-04-01. It has received 143 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Compliant mechanism & Beam (structure).read more
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Kinetostatic and Dynamic Modeling of Flexure-Based Compliant Mechanisms: A Survey
TL;DR: This paper surveys and compares the conceptual ideas, key advances, and applicable scopes, and open problems of the state-of-the-art kinetostatic and dynamic modeling methods for compliant mechanisms in terms of small and large deflections.
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Design and modeling of constant-force mechanisms: A survey
Piyu Wang,Qingsong Xu +1 more
TL;DR: A survey of the state-of-the-art design and modeling approaches for constant-force mechanisms is presented in this paper, where five kinds of conventional rigid-link constant force mechanisms and five kind of fully compliant constant force mechanism are classified according to the working principles.
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Modeling Large Deflections of Initially Curved Beams in Compliant Mechanisms Using Chained Beam-Constraint-Model
TL;DR: A general and accurate method for modeling large planar deflections of initially curved beams of uniform cross section, which can be easily adapted to curved beam of various shapes and is accurate enough to capture the relevant nonlinear load-deflection characteristics.
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Design of a Large-Stroke Bistable Mechanism for the Application in Constant-Force Micropositioning Stage
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A tensural displacement amplifier employing elliptic-arc flexure hinges
Guimin Chen,Yakun Ma,Jiajie Li +2 more
TL;DR: In this article, a tensural displacement amplifier is proposed to increase the effective actuation stroke of piezoelectric stack actuators and giant magnetostrictive actuators, in which all flexural hinges are loaded in tension and bending rather than compression and bending when deflected.
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A Comprehensive Elliptic Integral Solution to the Large Deflection Problems of Thin Beams in Compliant Mechanisms
Aimei Zhang,Guimin Chen +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a comprehensive solution based on the elliptic integrals is proposed for solving large deflection problems in compliant mechanisms by explicitly incorporating the number of inflection points and the sign of the end-moment load in the derivation.
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