Bi-Directional Evolutionary Structural Optimization for Design of Compliant Mechanisms

Yan Li; Xiao Dong Huang; Yi Min  Xie; Shi Wei Zhou

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.535-536.373

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Bi-Directional Evolutionary Structural Optimization for Design of Compliant Mechanisms

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This research presents a topology optimization approach based on Bi-directional Evolutionary Structural Optimization (BESO) for optimal design of compliant mechanisms. Due to the complexity of the design for various compliant mechanisms, a new multi-objective optimization model is established by considering the mechanism flexibility and structural stiffness simultaneously. The sensitivity analysis is performed by applying the adjoint sensitivity approach to both the kinematical function and the structural function. The sensitivity numbers are derived according to the variation of the objective function with respect to the design variables. Some numerical examples are given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method for the design of various compliant mechanisms.

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Yan Li, Xiao Dong Huang, Yi Min Xie, Shi Wei Zhou

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