Compliant mechanisms with distributed stiffness - Synthesis and application

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Abstract

Lightweight hybrid structures made of textile-reinforced composites exhibit a considerable application potential in designing compliant mechanisms. The inherently high ability for function integration and the specifically adjustable compliances offers the possibility to transmit motions just by structural deformations. Especially using compliant beam elements with distributed stiffness enhance the synthesis of compliant mechanisms. For a given beam deflection with constant curvature in the deflected mode leads directly to it's material properties without solving the Bernoulli - ordinary differential equation. The synthesis of two pose guidance tasks are discussed for four different linkage types. This method is brought into a hinge application of two coupled compliant beams for a flap guidance.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2015 IFToMM World Congress Proceedings
Pages475-481
Publication statusPublished - 2015
Peer-reviewedYes

Conference

Title14th International Federation for the Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science World Congress, IFToMM 2015
Duration25 - 30 October 2015
CityTaipei
CountryTaiwan, Province of China

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0003-2834-8933/work/142238336
ORCID /0000-0002-5412-2324/work/142248673
ORCID /0000-0003-2653-7546/work/142249351

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Keywords

  • Compliant mechanism, Distributed stiffness, Fiber reinforced material, Synthesis