@inbook{868f31e39f7541809b0463b06d876a5c,
title = "Modeling large deflections of initially curved beams in compliant mechanisms using chained beam-constraint-model",
abstract = "Understanding and analyzing large and nonlinear deflections is one of the major challenges of designing compliant mechanisms. Initially curved beams can offer potential advantages to designers of compliant mechanisms and provide useful alternatives to initially straight beams. However, the literature on analysis and design using such beams is rather limited. This paper presents a general and accurate method for modeling large planar deflections of initially curved beams of uniform cross-sections, which can be easily adapted to curved beams of various shapes. This method discretizes a curved beam into a few elements and models each element as a circular-arc beam using the beam constraint model (BCM). Two different discretization schemes are provided for the method, among which the equal discretization is suitable for circular-arc beams and the unequal discretization is for curved beams of other shapes.",
author = "Guimin Chen and Guangbo Hao and Fulei Ma and Weidong Zhu",
note = "Publisher Copyright: Copyright {\textcopyright} 2018 ASME.; ASME 2018 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2018 ; Conference date: 26-08-2018 Through 29-08-2018",
year = "2018",
doi = "10.1115/DETC201885515",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference",
publisher = "American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)",
booktitle = "42nd Mechanisms and Robotics Conference",
address = "United States",
}