Abstract: Conceptual design of spatial compliant mechanisms with distinct input and output ports may be hard because of its complex interconnected topology and is currently accomplished by computationally intensive automated techniques. ...

Abstract: Design synthesis of distributed compliant mechanisms is often a two-stage process involving (a) conceptual topology synthesis and a subsequent (b) refinement stage to meet strength and manufacturing specifications. The ...

Abstract: This paper presents a new mechanics-based framework for the qualitative analysis and conceptual design of mechanical metamaterials, and specifically materials exhibiting auxetic behavior. The methodology is inspired by ...