Generalized shooting method for analyzing compliant mechanisms
Journal
Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
Journal Volume
2005
Start Page
4309
End Page
4314
ISSN
10504729
ISBN (of the container)
9780818634529
9781728173955
0818634529
0818627204
9781479969234
0780365763
9780780389144
9781538660263
078034300X
9781612843865
Date Issued
2005
Author(s)
Lee, Kok-Meng Meng
Abstract
We consider here a class of compliant mechanisms that consist of one or more flexible beams, the manipulation of which relies on the deflection of the flexible beams. As compared with traditional rigid-body mechanisms, compliant mechanisms have the advantages of no relative moving parts and thus involve no wear, backlash, noises and lubrication. In this paper, we present a formulation based on shooting method (SM) along with two numerical solvers to facilitate the analysis and the design process of a compliant mechanism. Unlike finite difference method (FDM) or finite element method (FEM) that offers accurate solutions at discrete nodes, the computed solution of SM, which treats the boundary value problem (BVP) as an initial value problem, is continuous. Three example compliant mechanisms are formulated to illustrate the generalized shooting method and the computed results are validated by comparing those obtained using FEM.
Event(s)
2005 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
Subjects
Compliant Mechanism
Flexible Beam
Gauss-newton Method
Shooting Method
Compliant Mechanism
Flexible Beams
Gauss Newton Method
Shooting Method
Boundary Value Problems
Computational Methods
Manipulators
Problem Solving
Flexible Structures
Description
2005 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. Barcelona. conference code:68921
Type
conference paper