A review on design methods for compliant mechanisms

ALEJANDRO ALBANESI; VICTOR D. FACHINOTTI; MARTÍN PUCHETA

Buenos Aires

Congreso; XXXI Congreso Ibero-Latino-Americano de Métodos Computacionales en Ingeniería (MECOM CILAMCE 2010); 2010

Asociación Argentina de Mecánica Computacional (AMCA) - Associaçaõ Brasileira de Métodos Computacionais em Engenharia (ABMEC)

This paper gives a brief overview and comparison of the methods applied in the design of compliant mechanisms. Since the first research works on the subject appeared in the 1980s, several methods have being conceived to analyze and design these mechanisms that gain part of their motion from the deflection of flexible members rather than from movable joints only. The scope and limitations of the most widely used design tools in the field; pseudo-rigid model based methods, optimization based methods), and a novel inverse design method are investigated and discussed.