Abstract: Modeling large deflections has been one of the most fundamental problems in the research community of compliant mechanisms. Although many methods are available, there still exists a need for a method that is simple, accurate, ...

Abstract: A fixed-guided beam, with one end is fixed while the other is guided in that the angle of that end does not change, is one of the most commonly used flexible segments in compliant mechanisms such as bistable mechanisms, ...

Abstract: Fully compliant bistable mechanisms (FCBMs) have numerous applications in both microand macroscale devices, but the nonlinearities associated with the deflections of the flexible members and the kinetostatic behaviors have ...

Abstract: Understanding and analyzing large and nonlinear deflections are the major challenges of designing compliant mechanisms. Initially, curved beams can offer potential advantages to designers of compliant mechanisms and provide ...

Abstract: Compliant constant-force mechanisms (CCFMs), which provide a near constant-force output over a range of displacement, can benefit many applications. This work proposes a novel large-stroke CCFM (abbreviated as B2CCFM) that ...

Abstract: Although energy-based methods have advantages over the Newtonian methods for kinetostatic modeling, the geometric nonlinearities inherent in deflections of compliant mechanisms preclude most of the energy-based theorems. ...