Research Article
An Optimal Design Method for Compliant Mechanisms
Table 19
Comparison among the current method, Taguchi method, and Taguchi-fuzzy method.
| | Method | Optimal results |
| | Taguchi (single optimization) | Parameters (mm) | T2 = 0.65 | T2 = 0.45 | T2 = 0.65 | T2 = 0.65 | | L2 = 22.5 | L2 = 27.5 | L2 = 22.5 | L2 = 22.5 | | T3 = 0.78 | T3 = 0.54 | T3 = 0.78 | T3 = 0.66 | | L3 = 18 | L3 = 22 | L3 = 18 | L3 = 20 | | Response | f1 (x) (Hz) | f2 (x) (mm) | f3 (x) (mm) | f4 (x) (MPa) | | Value | 139.474 | 1.760 | 0.008 | 90.405 |
| | Taguchi-fuzzy (MOO) | Parameters (mm) | T2 = 0.45, L2 = 27.5, T3 = 0.54, L3 = 20 | | Response | f1 (x) (Hz) | f2 (x) (mm) | f3 (x) (mm) | f4 (x) (MPa) | | Value | 75.871 | 1.776 | 0.019 | 212.114 |
| | Desirability (MOO) | Parameters (mm) | T2 = 0.65, L2 = 22.5, T3 = 0.54, L3 = 21.27 | | Response | f1 (x) (Hz) | f2 (x) (mm) | f3 (x) (mm) | f4 (x) (MPa) | | Value | 106.841 | 0.930 | 0.011 | 120.090 |
| | The current method (MOO) | Parameters (mm) | T2 = 0.45, L2 = 27.5, T3 = 0.78, L3 = 18 | | Response | f1 (x) (Hz) | f2 (x) (mm) | f3 (x) (mm) | f4 (x) (MPa) | | Value | 79.517 | 1.897 | 0.022 | 210.382 |
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