Abstract:A topology synthesis approach to design 2D Contact-aided Compliant Mechanisms (CCMs) to trace output paths with three or more kinks is presented. Synthesis process uses three different types of external, rigid contact surfaces -circular, elliptical and rectangular -which in combination, offer intricate local curvatures that CCMs can benefit from, to deliver desired, complex output characteristics. A network of line elements is employed to generate topologies. A set of circular subregions is laid over this netw… Show more
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