Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10420319 | Precision Engineering | 2014 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
This paper presents a spatial force-based non-prismatic beam element modeling approach for circular flexure hinges, which is capable of accurate and efficient modeling of both static and dynamic characteristics of flexure-based compliant mechanisms. The spatial force-based non-prismatic beam element is an improvement and extension of the existing beam elements by considering shear and torsional effects of circular flexure hinge. The new consistent mass matrix formulation was derived using the Unit Load method. A parallel-guided compliant mechanism was taken as an example to validate the efficiency and accuracy of the proposed approach through static and modal analyses with fewer non-prismatic beam elements, and the results are well agreed with ANSYS simulation results with massive 3D solid or 2D shell elements. The developed approach is also available to model arbitrarily shaped flexure hinges in compliant mechanisms.
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Authors
Yiping Shen, Xuedong Chen, Wei Jiang, Xin Luo,