M&R Summer School ’16 – Compliant Mechanisms
Hosted at the 2016 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Charlotte, NC, August 20-21, 2016
Sponsored by the ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Technical Committee
ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Committee Website
To review this course, please go to the menu below, download the presentation slides, and then click the video link to watch each session
Course Description and Objectives:
This course provides an introduction into research methods and applications for field of compliant mechanisms. The course topics include PRBM and continuum modeling approaches, analysis of elastic members, material consideration, synthesis approaches via FACT, building block methods and topology optimization. The course is intended for engineering graduate students, early-career engineering researchers or researchers from other disciplines that have interest in the field of compliant mechanisms.
Course Topics:
- Overvew of CM’s
- Compliant Mechanism applications in diverse fields
- Analysis of beams: intermediate / large deflection of elastic members
- Synthesis via PRBM
- Synthesis via the FACT, building blocks methods
- Analysis of continuum members through FEA
- Synthesis via topology optimization
- Application – Design of Compliant Mechanism
Compliant Mechanisms Online Course Menu
- Introduction and Welcome to M&R Summer School 2016
- Introduction and Overview of Compliant Mechanisms
- Larry Howell
- Video Link
- Analysis of Beams: Intermediate / Large Deflection of Elastic Members
- Marijn Nijenhuis
- Presentation Slides
- Video Link
- Examples Video Link
- Synthesis via PRBM
- Larry Howell
- Video Link
- Presentation Slides
- Compliant Mechanisms in Application Diverse Fields – Creative Design for CM
- Charles Kim / Stephen Canfield
- Presentation Slides
- Video Link
- Synthesis vi Freedom and Constraint Topologies (FACT)
- Jonathan Hopkins
- Presentation Slides
- Part A Video
- Part B Video
- Static Balancing in Compliant Mechanisms – Principles and Applications
- Justin Herder
- Presentation Slides
- Video Link
- Analysis of CM Using FEA Beam Analysis
- Girish Krishnan
- Presentation Slides
- FEA Beam Codes
- Video Link
- Synthesis via Topology Optimization
- Alexander Hasse
- Presentation Slides
- Code Examples
- Video Link
- Compliant Mechanisms – Selecting Applications
- Charles Kim / Stephen Canfield
- Presentation Slides
- Video Link
- Computer Aided Design Tools for Compliant Mechanisms – DAS-2D
- Haijun Su
- Presentation Slides
- Video Link
- Building Blocks Approach
- Girish Krishnan
- Video Link
- PRBM – Helpful Tools
- Craig Lusk
- Video Link