Design Principles and Preliminary Actuation Approaches for Novel Multiple-Layer Lamina Emergent Mechanisms

Design Principles and Preliminary Actuation Approaches for Novel Multiple-Layer Lamina Emergent Mechanisms

[1]  Larry L. Howell,et al.  A compliant contact-aided revolute joint , 2005 .

[2]  Larry L. Howell,et al.  A Study of Joints Suitable for Lamina Emergent Mechanisms , 2008 .

[3]  J. R. Jones,et al.  Matrix Representation of Topological Changes in Metamorphic Mechanisms , 2005 .

[4]  G. K. Ananthasuresh,et al.  Topology optimization of compliant mechanisms with multiple materials using a peak function material interpolation scheme , 2001 .

[5]  Kee-Bong Choi,et al.  Monolithic parallel linear compliant mechanism for two axes ultraprecision linear motion , 2006 .

[6]  Larry L. Howell,et al.  Simplified Manufacturing Through a Metamorphic Process for Compliant Ortho-Planar Mechanisms , 2005 .

[7]  Larry L. Howell,et al.  Development of Criteria for Lamina Emergent Mechanism Flexures With Specific Application to Metals , 2011 .

[8]  Kwun-Lon Ting,et al.  Geometric Modeling and Optimization of Multi-Material Compliant Mechanisms Using Multi-Layer Wide Curves , 2007 .

[9]  Larry L. Howell,et al.  Identifying Potential Applications for Lamina Emergent Mechanisms Using Technology Push Product Development , 2010 .

[10]  J. Bustillo,et al.  Surface micromachining for microelectromechanical systems , 1998, Proc. IEEE.

[11]  Larry L. Howell,et al.  Lamina Emergent Mechanisms and Their Basic Elements , 2010 .

[12]  Ron Pelrine,et al.  Actuation Response of Polyacrylate Dielectric Elastomers , 2001, SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring.

[13]  E. Hawkesa,et al.  Programmable matter by folding , 2010 .

[14]  K. Kim,et al.  Modeling and experiment of a muscle-like linear actuator using an ionic polymer?metal composite and its actuation characteristics , 2007 .

[15]  Daniel L. Wilcox,et al.  Fully compliant tensural bistable micromechanisms (FTBM) , 2005, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems.

[16]  Larry L. Howell,et al.  A Novel Fully Compliant Planar Linear-Motion Mechanism , 2004 .

[17]  Q. Pei,et al.  High-speed electrically actuated elastomers with strain greater than 100% , 2000, Science.

[18]  Larry L. Howell,et al.  Ortho-planar linear-motion springs , 2001 .

[19]  J. Dai,et al.  Mobility in Metamorphic Mechanisms of Foldable/Erectable Kinds , 1998 .

[20]  Larry L. Howell,et al.  Lamina Emergent Torsional (LET) Joint , 2009 .

[21]  Michael Yu Wang,et al.  Design of multimaterial compliant mechanisms using level-set methods , 2005 .

[22]  Larry L. Howell,et al.  Design of two-link, in-plane, bistable compliant micro-mechanisms , 1999 .

[23]  M. Weinberg.  Working equations for piezoelectric actuators and sensors , 1999 .

[24]  Q. Pei,et al.  Advances in dielectric elastomers for actuators and artificial muscles. , 2010, Macromolecular rapid communications.

[25]  Mei Yulin,et al.  A level set method for structural topology optimization and its applications , 2004 .

[26]  A. Pisano,et al.  Modeling and optimal design of piezoelectric cantilever microactuators , 1997 .

[27]  David W. L. Wang,et al.  Modeling and L2-stability of a shape memory alloy position control system , 1998, IEEE Trans. Control. Syst. Technol..

[28]  Sterling J. Anderson,et al.  Viscoelastic Damping of Ortho-Planar Springs , 2008 .

[29]  Yong Qing Fu,et al.  Characterization of TiNi shape-memory alloy thin films for MEMS applications , 2001 .

[30]  Mikio Muraoka,et al.  Displacement amplifier for piezoelectric actuator based on honeycomb link mechanism , 2010 .

[31]  P. Bidaud,et al.  Fabrication and characterization of an SU-8 gripper actuated by a shape memory alloy thin film , 2003 .

[32]  R. Muller,et al.  IC-processed electrostatic micromotors , 1989 .

[33]  D. Lagoudas.  Shape memory alloys : modeling and engineering applications , 2008 .

[34]  G. K. Ananthasuresh,et al.  Contact Aided Compliant Mechanisms: Concept and Preliminaries , 2002 .

[35]  R. Pelrine,et al.  Electrostriction of polymer dielectrics with compliant electrodes as a means of actuation , 1998 .

[36]  G. K. Ananthasuresh,et al.  Synthesis of contact‐aided compliant mechanisms for non‐smooth path generation , 2006 .

[37]  G. Kovacs,et al.  Bulk micromachining of silicon , 1998, Proc. IEEE.

[38]  Kenji Uchino,et al.  Piezoelectric Actuators and Ultrasonic Motors , 1996 .

[39]  Harold Kahn,et al.  The TiNi shape-memory alloy and its applications for MEMS , 1998 .

[40]  L. Howell,et al.  On-chip actuation of an in-plane compliant bistable micromechanism , 2002 .

[41]  Allen B. Mackay.  Large-Displacement Linear-Motion Compliant Mechanisms , 2007 .

[42]  G. K. Ananthasuresh,et al.  Designing compliant mechanisms , 1995 .

[43]  Paul Forrester,et al.  The pop-up book : step-by-step instructions for creating over 100 original paper projects , 1993 .

[44]  Dimitrios Niarchos,et al.  Magnetic MEMS: key issues and some applications , 2003 .

[45]  P. Vigoureux.  Piezoelectricity An Introduction to the Theory and Applications of Electromechanical Phenomena in Crystals , 1947, Nature.

[46]  Larry L. Howell,et al.  In-plane linear displacement bistable microrelay , 2002 .

[47]  T. Ikeda.  Fundamentals of piezoelectricity , 1990 .

[48]  Elaine Biddiss,et al.  Dielectric elastomers as actuators for upper limb prosthetics: challenges and opportunities. , 2008, Medical engineering & physics.

[49]  Y. Tai,et al.  Design, fabrication, and testing of micromachined silicone rubber membrane valves , 1999 .

[50]  Larry L. Howell,et al.  Kinematic Representations of Pop-Up Paper Mechanisms , 2007 .

[51]  Steven J. Savage,et al.  ENGINEERING ASPECTS OF SHAPE MEMORY ALLOYS , 1991 .

[52]  G. K. Ananthasuresh,et al.  Topology optimization for synthesis of contact-aided compliant mechanisms using regularized contact modeling , 2004 .

[53]  Jian S. Dai,et al.  Carton manipulation analysis using configuration transformation , 2002 .

[54]  Massood Tabib-Azar,et al.  Microactuators: Electrical, Magnetic, Thermal, Optical, Mechanical, Chemical & Smart Structures , 1997 .

[55]  G. K. Ananthasuresh,et al.  A Novel Compliant Mechanism for Converting Reciprocating Translation Into Enclosing Curved Paths , 2004 .

[56]  Ole Sigmund,et al.  Design of multiphysics actuators using topology optimization - Part I: One-material structures , 2001 .

[57]  Jinsong Leng,et al.  Dielectric elastomer film actuators: characterization, experiment and analysis , 2009 .

[58]  Satyandra K. Gupta,et al.  Manufacturing of multi-material compliant mechanisms using multi-material molding , 2006 .