... compliant platforms are used to demonstrate the methodology. This systematic methodology is an important tool for guiding the qualitative design of flexure mechanisms. 12 05 2011 04 08 2011 24 10 2011 24 10 2011 algebra bending fasteners A flexure mechanism [( 1...

... )]. An improved flexure mechanism design is usually obtained by the application of type synthesis, dimensional synthesis, or both, while the systematic methodologies involved at each issue are no doubt helpful and even necessary to generate such high-performance designs. bending fasteners kinematics...

.... 5 , where the physical dimensions of the flexures are highlighted. The CTE thickness is assumed constant ( b = 4 . 7 mm ) in order to allow a simpler manufacturing by means of wire electroerosion. Moreover, the influence of the hinge fillets on its bending stiffness are reasonably...

... by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. CMMI-0845793. beams (structures) bending fasteners It is well known that screw theory underlies the foundation of kinematics and statics. Ever since it was first systematically studied by Ball ( 1 ), screw theory was reintroduced and used by many...

... 2010 30 09 2010 assembling beams (structures) bending conformance testing design engineering elasticity finite element analysis geometry elastic averaging constraint-based design overconstraint flexure mechanisms beam constraint model elastokinematic effect Exact...

... analogs. The large-deflection behavior of a fixed-clamped CNT is not well-predicted by macroscale large-deflection beam bending models or truss models. Herein, we show that a pseudo-rigid-body model may be adapted to capture the strain stiffening behavior and, thereby, predict a CNT’s fixed-clamped...

...Kai Xu; Nabil Simaan This paper presents a novel and unified analytic formulation for kinematics, statics, and shape restoration of multiple-backbone continuum robots. These robots achieve actuation redundancy by independently pulling and pushing three backbones to carry out a bending motion of two...

... provided by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. CMMI-0457041 for this research. Hai-Jun Su also acknowledges the support provided by the National Science Foundation CAREER under Grant No. CMMI-0845793. 14 01 2009 11 06 2009 28 09 2009 bending design engineering...