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Design And Testing Of A Linear Compliant Mechanism With Adjustable Force Output, William Niemeier
Design And Testing Of A Linear Compliant Mechanism With Adjustable Force Output, William Niemeier
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
This thesis presents a novel compliant mechanism with adjustable force output. The force comes from the bending of a rectangular cross section beam within the mechanism. By rotating this beam with a stepper motor, the force output of the mechanism changes. A model was made to simulate this mechanism, and a prototype was made based off of this data. A test apparatus was constructed around this mechanism, and a series of tests were performed. These tests adjusted parameters such as beam rotation speed and weight in order to characterize the system. Adjustments were made based on this information and the …