Compliant Mechanisms
A concise survey of compliant mechanisms-from fundamentals to state-of-the-art applications This volume presents the newest and most effective methods for the analysis and design of compliant mechanisms. It provides a detailed review of compliant mechanisms and includes a wealth of useful design examples for engineers, students, and researchers.\ Concise chapters guide the reader from simple to more challenging concepts-using examples of increasing complexity-eventually leading to real-world...
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This textbook presents methods for the analysis and design of compliant mechanisms, which gain at least some of their mobility from the deflection of flexible members rather than from movable joints only. The analysis of small deflection devices is addressed, but emphasis is on compliant mechanisms that undergo large, nonlinear deflections. The pseudo-rigid-body model is introduced as a method which simplifies the analysis of compliant mechanisms that undergo large deflections by modeling them with elements common to traditional mechanisms. Applications to microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) are also provided. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Preface1Introduction12Flexibility and Deflection213Failure Prevention614Rigid-Link Mechanisms1115Pseudo-Rigid-Body Model1356Force-Deflection Relationships2197Numerical Methods2598Compliant Mechanism Synthesis2759Optimal Synthesis with Continuum Models30110Special-Purpose Mechanisms33711Bistable Mechanisms355App. A: References385App. B: Properties of Sections399App. C: Material Properties401App. D: Linear Elastic Beam Deflections407App. E: Pseudo-Rigid-Body Models411App. F: Evaluation of Elliptic Integrals421App. G: Type Synthesis of Compliant Mechanisms425Index451
