Abstract
We consider here a class of compliant mechanisms that consist of one or more flexible beams, the manipulation of which relies on the deflection of the flexible beams. As compared with traditional rigid-body mechanisms, compliant mechanisms have the advantages of no relative moving parts and thus involve no wear, backlash, noises and lubrication. In this paper, we present a formulation based on shooting method (SM) along with two numerical solvers to facilitate the analysis and the design process of a compliant mechanism. Unlike finite difference method (FDM) or finite element method (FEM) that offers accurate solutions at discrete nodes, the computed solution of SM, which treats the boundary value problem (BVP) as an initial value problem, is continuous. Three example compliant mechanisms are formulated to illustrate the generalized shooting method and the computed results are validated by comparing those obtained using FEM.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation |
| Pages | 4309-4314 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Volume | 2005 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2005 |
| Event | 2005 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation - Barcelona, Spain Duration: 2005 Apr 18 → 2005 Apr 22 |
Other
| Other | 2005 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation |
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| Country/Territory | Spain |
| City | Barcelona |
| Period | 05-04-18 → 05-04-22 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Control and Systems Engineering
- Software
- Artificial Intelligence
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering