Week 1:
Overview of compliant mechanisms; spirit of compliant design; a glimpse of applications.
Mobility analysis of compliant mechanisms: Grübler’s formula, Maxwell’s rule, and rank of the compatibility matrix
Week 2:
Modeling of flexures (flexible joints or elastic pairs)
Simulation of compliant mechanisms using finite element analysis
Week 3:
Large-displacement analysis of cantilever beams: the elastica approach
Pseudo Rigid-Body (PRB) modeling
Week 4:
Analysis using pseudo rigid-body models
Synthesis using pseudo rigid-body models
Week 5:
Structural optimization approach to “design for deflection”
Topology optimization approach to compliant mechanism design
Week 6:
Designing compliant mechanisms using continuum topology optimization
Design of distributed compliant mechanisms
Week 7:
Spring-lever (SL) and spring-masslever (SML) models for compliant mechanisms
Selection and re-design using SL and SML models
Week 8:
Non-dimensional analysis of compliant mechanisms
Kinetoelastic maps of compliant mechanisms
Week 9:
Other methods of compliant mechanisms
Mechanical advantage analysis of compliant mechanisms
Week 10:
Bistable compliant mechanisms
Static balancing of compliant mechanisms
Week 11:
Compliant mechanisms and microsystems
Manufacturing and materials for compliant mechanisms
Week 12:
Case-studies of compliant mechanisms: Part 1
Case-studies of compliant mechanisms: Part 2
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