Abstract: Compliant or flexible-link mechanisms gain some or all of their motion from the relative flexibility of their joints rather than from rigid-body joints only. Unlike rigid-body mechanisms, energy ...

Abstract: Geometric nonlinearities often complicate the analysis of systems containing large-deflection members. The time and resources required to develop closed-form or numerical solutions have inspired the ...

Abstract: Compliant mechanisms gain at least some of their motion from flexible members. The combination of large-deflection beam analysis, kinematic motion analysis, and energy storage makes the analysis ...

Abstract: Compliant mechanisms, unlike rigid-body mechanisms, gain some or all of their mobility from the flexibility of their members. Complaint mechanisms are desirable since they require fewer parts, ...

Abstract: Compliant mechanisms obtain at least some of their motion from the deflection of their flexible members. Advantages of such mechanisms include the reduction of manufacturing and assembly cost ...

Abstract: An innovative methodology is presented for a set of synthesis problems in which the mobility angle between limit positions of a side link of a four-bar mechanism is necessarily prescribed. The ...

Abstract: Compliant mechanisms gain some or all of their mobility from the flexibility of their members rather than from rigid-body joints only. More efficient and usable analysis and design techniques ...

Abstract: A bistable mechanism has two stable states within its range of motion. Its advantages include the ability to stay in two positions without power input and despite small external disturbances. ...

Abstract: The pseudo-rigid-body modeling technique is used to simplify the nonlinear analysis of compliant mechanisms. This paper presents the first work that investigates the possibility of using the ...