Stiffness Analysis of Corrugated Flexure Beam Used in Compliant Mechanisms |
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Authors: | WANG Nianfeng LIANG Xiaohe ZHANG Xianmin |
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Affiliation: | Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Precision Equipment and Manufacturing Technology, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China |
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Abstract: | Conventional flexible joints generally have limited range of motion and high stress concentration. To overcome these shortcomings, corrugated flexure beam(CF beam) is designed because of its large flexibility obtained from longer overall length on the same span. The successful design of compliant mechanisms using CF beam requires manipulation of the stiffnesses as the design variables. Empirical equations of the CF beam stiffness components, except of the torsional stiffness, are obtained by curve-fitting method. The application ranges of all the parameters in each empirical equation are also discussed. The ratio of off-axis to axial stiffness is considered as a key characteristic of an effective compliant joint. And parameter study shows that the radius of semi-circular segment and the length of straight segment contribute most to the ratio. At last, CF beam is used to design translational and rotational flexible joints, which also verifies the validity of the empirical equations. CF beam with large flexibility is presented, and empirical equations of its stiffness are proposed to facilitate the design of flexible joint with large range of motion. |
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Keywords: | corrugated flexure beam stiffness analysis compliant mechanisms |
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