Kinematic and dynamic analysis of compliant mechanisms considering both lateral and axial deformations of flexural beams

Abstract

The kinematic and dynamic analysis of compliant mechanisms is investigated comprehensively in this work. Based on the pseudo-rigid-body model, a new PR model is proposed to simulate both the lateral and axial deformations of flexural beams in compliant mechanisms. An optimization for the characteristic factors and a linear regression for the stiffness coefficients of PR pseudo-rigid-body model are presented. Compared with the 1R and 2R pseudo-rigid-body model, the advantage of the PR model is well illustrated. The dynamic modeling of flexible beams in compliant mechanisms is then developed based on the PR pseudo-rigid-body model. The dynamic equation of a PR pseudo-rigid-body dynamic model is derived and the dynamic responses are then presented. The kinematic and dynamic analysis of a compliant slider-crank mechanism is presented by the 1R, 2R and PR model, respectively. The effectiveness of pseudo-rigid-body models and the superiorities of the PR pseudo-rigid-body model and PR pseudo-rigid-body dynamic model are shown clearly in the numerical example.