It comprises an extensive categorization of devices that can be used to help readers identify compliant mechanisms related to their application.
View: 8464A fully illustrated reference book giving an easy-to-understand introduction to compliant mechanisms A broad compilation of compliant mechanisms to give inspiration and guidance to those interested in using compliant mechanisms in their designs, the Handbook of Compliant Mechanisms includes graphics and descriptions of many compliant mechanisms. Olsen.Ĭategory: Technology & Engineering. Numerical results also indicate that the flexibility and hinge-related property of the optimized compliant mechanisms can be controlled by the desired structural stiffness.
A series of optimized mechanism designs with or without hinge regions are obtained. Several 2D and 3D examples are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed BESO method. Based on the finite element analysis, a new BESO algorithm is established for solving such an optimization problem by gradually updating design variables until a convergent solution is obtained. The design problem is reformulated as maximizing the flexibility of the compliant mechanism subject to the mean compliance and volume constraints. This paper develops a bi-directional evolutionary structural optimization (BESO) method for topological design of compliant mechanisms.