DESIGN OF MULTI CONTACT–AIDED CELLULAR COMPLIANT MECHANISMS FOR STRESS RELIEF
Keywords:
Cellular Compliant Mechanisms, Acrylic, HDPE, Polystyrene, Catia V5, Ansys 16.1.Abstract
Many engineering applications need materials having specific properties. Some of these applications demand conflicting properties such as high strain – high strength, high strength – low density, high thermal conductivity – high thermal diffusivity. Nature, on the contrary, offers materials of only a limited range of properties. Such materials may not be the most suitable in many cases. Therefore, new materials such as alloys, composites, foams, and/or sandwich structures are tailored to meet specific needs.
In this particular study the behaviour of multi contact-aided cellular complaint mechanisms are studied using Finite Element methods , the load carrying capacity of cellular members with multi contact-aided compliant mechanisms is studied under all compression, tension and shearing conditions.




