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Design criteria for compliant mechanisms with respect to flexural hinge geometry

This paper presents an overview of constraints and design considerations encountered in the design process of an experimental compliant mechanism, and provides a summary of criteria that have to be taken into account in such a design process. An already existing mechanism configuration designed by the Swiss company Mecartex was used as a starting point and the final structure configuration is, in fact, a variation of the starting configuration. The operating principle of the mechanism is based on flexural hinges, i.e. on the localization of structural compliance.

compliant mechanism; hinge geometry; mechanical design; design criteria

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