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Introduction to Compliant Mechanisms and Design Methods

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“Compliant mechanisms” often refers to monolithic or jointless structures that transfer an input force or displacement to another point through elastic deformation. The intrinsic advantages associated with compliant mechanisms include their lack of a need for lubrication and assembly and their high accuracy. These advantages make compliant mechanisms extremely suitable for precision engineering applications that require nanometer or even subnanometer positioning accuracy. This introductory chapter briefly presents compliant mechanisms, their applications and the associated design approaches.

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Zhang, X., Zhu, B. (2018). Introduction to Compliant Mechanisms and Design Methods. In: Topology Optimization of Compliant Mechanisms. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0432-3_1

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