TY - GEN
T1 - DESIGN OF EFFICIENT COMPLIANT MECHANISMS FROM GROUND STRUCTUREBASED OPTIMAL TOPOLOGIES
AU - Frecker, Mary
AU - Canfield, Shawn
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of National Science Foundation Division of Design, Manufacture, and Industrial Innovation grant number DMI-9870527. Mr. Michael Minnicino is also acknowledged for his assistance in modeling and fabrication of the prototype designs under the NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates program.
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© 2000 by ASME.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - The focus of this paper is on conversion of ground structure-based optimal topology solutions to solid models and physical prototypes of monolithic compliant mechanisms. Examples are presented using both truss and frame element ground structure topologies. The compliant mechanisms are designed to be used as mechanical amplifiers for piezoceramic stack actuators, where the performance measures of interest are the stroke amplification, the force transmission, and the mechanical efficiency of the compliant mechanism amplifier. The effect of design details such as member geometry and flexure hinge configurations on the quantitative performance of the solid models and prototypes is considered. The results of experimental validations are also presented.
AB - The focus of this paper is on conversion of ground structure-based optimal topology solutions to solid models and physical prototypes of monolithic compliant mechanisms. Examples are presented using both truss and frame element ground structure topologies. The compliant mechanisms are designed to be used as mechanical amplifiers for piezoceramic stack actuators, where the performance measures of interest are the stroke amplification, the force transmission, and the mechanical efficiency of the compliant mechanism amplifier. The effect of design details such as member geometry and flexure hinge configurations on the quantitative performance of the solid models and prototypes is considered. The results of experimental validations are also presented.
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U2 - 10.1115/DETC2000/MECH-14142
DO - 10.1115/DETC2000/MECH-14142
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84862048629
T3 - Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference
SP - 837
EP - 844
BT - 26th Biennial Mechanisms and Robotics Conference
PB - American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
T2 - ASME 2000 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC-CIE 2000
Y2 - 10 September 2000 through 13 September 2000
ER -