Stability Analysis of Compliant Mechanisms

Marsh, D.; Hines, R.; Duffy, Joseph

doi:10.1007/978-94-009-1718-7_13

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“…This work concentrates on the analysis of the conditions that cause a change in physical stability of a planar two-spring system. Currently, this work is being extended to provide a stability analysis of a tetrahedral three-spring system (Marsh, Hines, and Duffy 1996). Both the two-and three-spring systems consist of a set of linear springs connected at one end to a base and at the other end to a common pivot.…”

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Catastrophe Analysis of the Planar Two-Spring Mechanism

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Marsh

Duffy

1998

The International Journal of Robotics Research

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A stability analysis is performed for the planar two-spring system using catastrophe theory. Basic elements of catastrophe theory are outlined and applied to the two-spring system to give catastrophe locus plots showing where a change in stability occurs. The method used for the two-spring yields a stability analysis without having to solve the inverse analysis. The inverse analysis for the two-spring system is used to illustrate system equilibrium positions before, during, and after a change in stability.

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