Design of Compliant Mechanisms for Morphing Structural Shapes
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چکیده
Various compliant mechanism synthesis methods have been developed over the past decade; however, very little attention has been directed towards adaptive shape change problems. In this paper, we present a systematic method for synthesizing compliant mechanisms to morph a given curve or profile into a target curve utilizing minimum number of actuators (typically one). Two objective functions are formulated, using Least Square Errors and a modified Fourier Transformation, to capture the shape differences. The topology and dimensions of the optimal compliant mechanism are generated using Genetic Algorithms. Applications of this synthesis approach are demonstrated through two adaptive antenna design examples.
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