Overview of Compliant Mechanisms; Mobility Analysis |
Lecture 01 - Overview |
Lecture 02 - Spirit of Compliant Design |
Lecture 03 - A Glimpse of Applications |
Lecture 04 - Mobility and Degrees of Freedom in Compliant Mechanisms |
Lecture 05 - Maxwell's Rule and Grubler's Formula |
Lecture 06 - Using Compatibility and Force Equilibrium Matrices to Identify Degrees of Freedom and State of Self-stress in Trusses |
Modeling of Flexures and Finite Element Analysis |
Lecture 07 - Empirical Formula for Flexure Joints |
Lecture 08 - Types of Elastic Pairs (Flexures) |
Lecture 09 - Linear Finite Element Analysis of Compliant Mechanisms with Beam Elements |
Lecture 10 - A Compliant Mechanism Kit |
Lecture 11 - Linear and Non-linear Finite Element Analysis using Continuum Elements |
Lecture 12 - Subtleties in Finite Element Analysis: Geometric Nonlinearity and Contact |
Large Displacement Analysis of a Cantilever Beam and Pseudo Rigid Body Modeling |
Lecture 13 - Deformation of a Cantilever under a Tip-load, using Elliptic Integrals |
Lecture 14 - Elliptic Integrals and their Use in Elastic Analysis |
Lecture 15 - Frisch-Fays Approach to Large Deformation of Beam |
Lecture 16 - Burns-Crossleys Kinematic Model |
Lecture 17 - Howell-Midha's Elastic Model |
Lecture 18 - Pseudo Rigid-body (PRB) Modeling |
Analysis and Synthesis using Pseudo Rigid-Body Models |
Lecture 19 - Modeling a Partially Compliant Mechanism |
Lecture 20 - Kinematic Coefficients of a Four-bar Linkage with and without Springs |
Lecture 21 - Solving Equations of PRB Modeling and Comparing with Finite Element Analysis |
Lecture 22 - Loop-closure Equations for PRB Models of Compliant Mechanisms |
Lecture 23 - Burmester Theory for Compliant Mechanisms |
Lecture 24 - PRB based Synthesis Examples |
Structural Optimization Approach to Design for Deflection |
Lecture 25 - Structural Optimization Approach |
Lecture 26 - Early Works on Design for Compliance |
Lecture 27 - Design for Deflection of Trusses |
Lecture 28 - Design for Deflection of Beams and Frames |
Lecture 29 - Design of Elastic Continua for Desired Deflection |
Lecture 30 - Continuum Element-Based Topology Optimization of Compliant Mechanisms |
Designing Compliant Mechanisms using Continuum Topology Optimization; Distributed Compliance |
Lecture 31 - YinSyn; Synthesis of Non-linear Responses with Compliant Mechanisms |
Lecture 32 - Five Different Formulations for Compliant Mechanism and Design |
Lecture 33 - Distributed Compliance |
Lecture 34 - How to Achieve Distributed Compliance |
Lecture 35 - Shape Optimization |
Lecture 36 - Cam-flexure Clamp-case-study |
Spring-lever and Spring-mass-lever Models for Compliant Mechanisms, and Selection Maps |
Lecture 37 - Spring-lever Model for Compliant Mechanisms |
Lecture 38 - Feasibility Maps for Complaint Mechanism |
Lecture 39 - Selection of Compliant Mechanisms for Given User-specifications |
Lecture 40 - Two Case-studies using Feasibility Maps Technique |
Lecture 41 - Spring-mass-lever Model for Compliant Mechanisms for Dynamic Response |
Lecture 42 - Redesign of Compliant Mechanisms; MATLAB and Java Codes |
Non-dimensional Analysis of Compliant Mechanisms and Kinetoelastic Maps |
Lecture 43 - Non-Dimensional Analysis of Beams |
Lecture 44 - Deformation Index and Slenderness Ratio of Complaint Mechanisms |
Lecture 45 - Kinetoelastostatic Maps |
Lecture 46 - Designing with Kinetoelastic Maps |
Lecture 47 - Non-dimensionalization of Stress, Frequency, and Other Measures |
Lecture 48 - Designing Compliant Suspensions using Kinetoelastic Maps |
Instant Center and Building-block Methods for Designing Compliant Mechanisms |
Lecture 49 - Instant Center Method for Designing Compliant Mechanisms |
Lecture 50 - Stiffness and Compliance Ellipsoids |
Lecture 51 - Building Block Method of Designing Compliant Mechanisms |
Lecture 52 - Comparative Analysis of Different Methods for Designing Compliant Mechanisms |
Lecture 53 - Aspects of Mechanical Advantage of Compliant Mechanisms |
Lecture 54 - Mechanical Advantage of Rigid-body and Compliant Mechanisms |
Bistable Compliant Mechanisms and Static Balancing of Compliant Mechanisms |
Lecture 55 - Bistability in Elastic Systems |
Lecture 56 - Analysis of Bistable Arches |
Lecture 57 - Compliant Mechanisms with Bistable Arches |
Lecture 58 - Static Balancing and Zero-free-length Springs |
Lecture 59 - Static Balance of a Compliant Mechanism using a Linkage |
Lecture 60 - Static Balancing Method for Compliant Mechanisms |
Compliant Mechanisms and Microsystems; Materials and Prototyping of Compliant Mechanisms |
Lecture 61 - A catalogue of Compliant Mechanisms |
Lecture 62 - Compliant Suspension Mechanism in Microsystems (MEMS) |
Lecture 63 - Micromechanical Signal Processors using Compliant Mechanisms |
Lecture 64 - A Few Special Concepts of Compliant Mechanisms |
Lecture 65 - Materials and Prototyping of Compliant Mechanisms |
Lecture 66 - Summary of the Course |
Six Case Studies of Compliant Mechanisms |
Lecture 67 - Micromachined Accelerometers with Displacement-amplifying Compliant Mechanisms (DaCMs) |
Lecture 68 - Miniature Compliant Mechanisms as Cell-manipulation Tools |
Lecture 69 - Micronewton Force Sensor |
Lecture 70 - Compliant Tissue Cutting Mechanism |
Lecture 71 - A Compliant Pipe-crawling Robots |
Lecture 72 - A Compliant Easy-chair for the Elderly |