TY - GEN
T1 - Optimal synthesis of compliant mechanisms to satisfy kinematic and structural requirements - Preliminary results
AU - Frecker, Mary I.
AU - Kikuchi, Noboru
AU - Kota, Sridhar
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - Compliant mechanism synthesis is an automated design procedure which allows the designer to systematically generate the optimal structural form for a particular set of loading and motion requirements. The synthesis method presented here solves a particular class of design problems, where the compliant mechanism is required to be both flexible to meet motion requirements, and stiff to withstand external loads. A two-part problem formulation is proposed using mutual and strain energies, whereby the conflicting design objectives of required flexibility and stiffness are handled via multi-criteria optimization. The resulting compliant mechanism topologies satisfy both kinematic and structural requirements. The problem formulation is implemented using a truss ground structure and SLP algorithm. Several design examples are presented to illustrate this method.
AB - Compliant mechanism synthesis is an automated design procedure which allows the designer to systematically generate the optimal structural form for a particular set of loading and motion requirements. The synthesis method presented here solves a particular class of design problems, where the compliant mechanism is required to be both flexible to meet motion requirements, and stiff to withstand external loads. A two-part problem formulation is proposed using mutual and strain energies, whereby the conflicting design objectives of required flexibility and stiffness are handled via multi-criteria optimization. The resulting compliant mechanism topologies satisfy both kinematic and structural requirements. The problem formulation is implemented using a truss ground structure and SLP algorithm. Several design examples are presented to illustrate this method.
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U2 - 10.1115/96-DETC/DAC-1497
DO - 10.1115/96-DETC/DAC-1497
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85101991109
T3 - Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference
BT - 22nd Design Automation Conference
PB - American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
T2 - ASME 1996 Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers in Engineering Conference, DETC-CIE 1996
Y2 - 18 August 1996 through 22 August 1996
ER -