Estimating stress bounds in early-stage design of distributed compliant mechanisms

Keyphrases

• Early Design Phases 100%
• Distributed Compliant Mechanism 100%
• Synthesis Methods 50%
• Computationally Intensive 50%
• Two-stage Process 50%
• Functional Characterization 50%
• Stress Constraints 50%
• Distribution Metric 50%
• Compliant Mechanism 50%
• Uniform Stress Distribution 50%
• Mechanism Topology 50%
• Conceptual Solution 50%
• Refinement Process 50%
• Topology Synthesis 50%
• Manufacturing Specifications 50%
• Operating Stress 50%
• Constructible Topology 50%

Engineering

• Early Stage 100%
• Compliant Mechanism 100%
• Metrics 33%
• Stress Constraint 33%
• Process Stage 33%
• Design Stage 33%
• Refinement Process 33%
• Final Stress 33%