...: n.tolou@flexous.com Contributed by the Design Engineering Division of ASME for publication in the J ournal of M echanical D esign . 28 05 2021 16 08 2021 19 08 2021 15 02 2022 compliant mechanisms ortho-planar mechanisms piezoelectric energy harvesting buckling...

...Denghai Xing; Wuyi Chen; Dengjiang Xing; Tuo Yang A diagram of the column loading, which produces failure in buckling for a thin-walled cylindrical shell examined in this paper is shown in Fig. 3 . One end of the shell was free and bore an axial uniform pressure, P . The other end was clamped...

...Gregory L. Holst; Gregory H. Teichert; Brian D. Jensen This paper explores the deflection and buckling of fixed-guided beams used in compliant mechanisms. The paper’s main contributions include the addition of an axial deflection model to existing beam bending models, the exploration...

...Roelof Vos; Ron Barrett An overview of the development and application of post-buckled precompressed (PBP) piezoelectric actuators is presented. It has been demonstrated that PBP actuators outperform conventional piezoelectric actuators by relying on axial compression to counter the inherent...

... them first-class candidates not only for microswitches but also several other robotic appliances. This paper investigates the actuation of a simple bistable mechanism, the bistable buckled beam. It is pointed out that the position of the actuation has a significant impact on the behavior of the system...

...Ümit Sönmez; Cem C. Tutum In this work, a new compliant bistable mechanism design is introduced. The combined use of pseudo-rigid-body model (PRBM) and the Elastica buckling theory is presented for the first time to analyze the new design. This mechanism consists of the large deflecting straight...

...Ümit Sönmez New classes of compliant long dwell mechanism designs are introduced, formulated, and simulated. These classes of compliant dwell mechanisms incorporate the buckling motion of flexible members. Long dwell motion is obtained throughout the buckling motion of a flexible follower. Flexible...

...Alexandre E. Guérinot; Spencer P. Magleby; Larry L. Howell; Robert H. Todd Buckling failure has been a major obstacle in designing compliant joints in high compression applications. This paper describes two principles, isolation and inversion, that can be successfully applied to many compliant...