| Affiliation: | LI Dongmei1,2,ZHANG Xianmin1,*,GUAN Yisheng 1,ZHANG Hong3,and WANG Nianfeng 1 1 School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering,South China University of Technology,Guangzhou 510640,China 2 Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University,Guangzhou 510665,China 3 School of Computing Science,University of Alberta,Edmonton,AB,Canada Received August 11,2010,revised March 20,2011,accepted July 10,Published electronically November 20,2012 |
| Abstract: | The material characteristics of a structure will change with temperature variation,and will induce stress within the structure.Currently,the optimal design for the topology of compliant mechanisms is mainly performed in single physical field.However,when compliant mechanisms work in high temperature environments,their displacement outputs are generated not only by mechanical load,but also by the temperature variation which may become the prominent factor.Therefore,the influence of temperature must be consid... |
