Modified Material Properties in Curved Panels Through Lamina Emergent Torsional Joints

Trent Zimmerman, Jared Butler, Dallin Frandsen, Dakota Burrow, David Fullwood, Spencer Magleby, Larry Howell

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Abstract

Compliant joints have a number of advantages that make them suitable for highly constrained design problems. While much work has been done on the design of compliant joints manufactured from planar sheet materials, this work focuses on the design of cylindrically-curved joints. A method for using lamina emergent torsional (LET) joints to increase energy storage efficiency in curved sheet materials is presented. A numerical model is provided for predicting the stiffness and maximum applied moment of a curved LET joint. Predicted curved LET joint stiffnesses and maximum moments are utilized to create shape factors that produce an effective modulus of elasticity and an effective modulus of resilience. For a given case, the effective modulus of elasticity is shown to decrease by about three orders of magnitude while the effective resilience decreases by approximately one order of magnitude. Designers can use this information to tailor materials to fit design requirements or to select alternative materials that were previously unsuited for an application.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2018 International Conference on Reconfigurable Mechanisms and Robots, ReMAR 2018 - Proceedings
EditorsJust L. Herder, Volkert van der Wijk
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Print)9781538663806
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 28 2018
Event4th IEEE/IFToMM International Conference on Reconfigurable Mechanisms and Robots, ReMAR 2018 - Delft, Netherlands
Duration: Jun 20 2018Jun 22 2018

Publication series

Name2018 International Conference on Reconfigurable Mechanisms and Robots, ReMAR 2018 - Proceedings

Other

Other4th IEEE/IFToMM International Conference on Reconfigurable Mechanisms and Robots, ReMAR 2018
Country/TerritoryNetherlands
CityDelft
Period6/20/186/22/18

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Control and Optimization
  • Modeling and Simulation

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