Design and analysis of symmetric and compact 2R1T (in-plane 3-DOC) flexure parallel mechanisms
dc.contributor.author | Hao, Guangbo | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-17T12:53:41Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-01-17T12:53:41Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-01-10 | |
dc.date.updated | 2017-01-17T12:48:20Z | |
dc.description.abstract | Symmetry is very necessary in flexure mechanisms, which can eliminate parasitic motions, avoid buckling, and minimize thermal and manufacturing sensitivity. This paper proposes two symmetric and compact flexure designs, in-plane 3-DOC (degree of constraint) mechanisms, which are composed of 4 and 6 identical wire beams, respectively. Compared to traditional leaf-beam-based designs, the two present designs have lower stiffness in the primary motion directions, and have smaller stiffness reduction in the parasitic directions. Analytical modelling is conducted to derive the symbolic compliance equations, enabling quick analysis and comparisons of compliances of the two mechanisms. A prototype has been tested statically to compare with analytical models. | en |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.description.version | Published Version | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Hao, G. (2017) 'Design and analysis of symmetric and compact 2R1T (in-plane 3-DOC) flexure parallel mechanisms', Mech. Sci., 8(1), pp. 1-9. doi:10.5194/ms-8-1-2017 | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.5194/ms-8-1-2017 | |
dc.identifier.endpage | 9 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 2191-9151 | |
dc.identifier.issued | 1 | en |
dc.identifier.journaltitle | Mechanical Sciences | en |
dc.identifier.startpage | 1 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10468/3475 | |
dc.identifier.volume | 8 | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Copernicus Publications | en |
dc.rights | © Author 2017. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. | en |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ | en |
dc.subject | Symmetry | en |
dc.subject | Flexure mechanisms | en |
dc.subject | Flexure design | en |
dc.subject | Parasitic directions | en |
dc.subject | Analytical modelling | en |
dc.title | Design and analysis of symmetric and compact 2R1T (in-plane 3-DOC) flexure parallel mechanisms | en |
dc.type | Article (peer-reviewed) | en |