An Optimal Design Method for Compliant Mechanisms

Table 14

Comparison results of two cases.

Case study		Parameters (mm)	Optimal responses
			f1 (x) (Hz)	f2 (x) (mm)	f3 (x) (mm)	f4 (x) (MPa)	n	MPCI
Case 1	The current method	T2 = 0.45						0.848
		L2 = 27.5	Rp = 79.5179	Rp = 1.8977	Rp = 0.0224	Rp = 210.382	Rp = 2.390
		T3 = 0.78	Rs = 76.062	Rs = 1.7611	Rs = 0.0216	Rs = 223.38	Rs = 2.155
		L3 = 18	E = 4.54%	E = 7.75%	E = 3.70%	E = 5.81%	E = 1.09%
Case 2	The current method	T2 = 0.45	Rp = 76.7435	Rp = 1.8266	Rp = 0.0211	Rp = 236.027	Rp = 2.131	0.640
		L2 = 27.5	Rs = 74.205	Rs = 1.8350	Rs = 0.0214	Rs = 227.210	Rs = 2.213
		T3 = 0.69	E = 3.42%	E = 0.45%	E = 1.40%	E = 3.88%	E = 3.70%