Topology optimization of contact-aided compliant mechanisms for tracing multi-kink paths
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| author | Kumar, Prabhat Sauer, Roger A Saxena, Anupam |
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| contents | This paper presents a topology optimization approach to design 2D contact-aided compliant mechanisms (CCMs) that can trace the desired output paths with more than one kink while experiencing self and/or external contacts. Such CCMs can be used as mechanical compliant switches. Hexagonal elements are used to parameterize the design domain. Negative circular masks are employed to remove material beneath them and generate rigid contact surfaces. Each mask is assigned five design variables. The first three decide the location and radius of the mask, whereas the last two determine the presence of the contact surface and its radius. To ensure continuity in contacting surfaces' normal, we employ a boundary smoothing scheme. The augmented Lagrange multiplier method is employed to incorporate self and mutual contact. An objective is formulated using the Fourier shape descriptors with the permitted resource constraint. The hill-climber optimization technique is utilized to update the design variables. An in-house code is developed for the entire process. To demonstrate the method's efficacy, a CCM is optimized with a two-kink path. The desired and obtained paths are compared. |
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| spellingShingle | Topology optimization of contact-aided compliant mechanisms for tracing multi-kink paths Kumar, Prabhat Sauer, Roger A Saxena, Anupam Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science This paper presents a topology optimization approach to design 2D contact-aided compliant mechanisms (CCMs) that can trace the desired output paths with more than one kink while experiencing self and/or external contacts. Such CCMs can be used as mechanical compliant switches. Hexagonal elements are used to parameterize the design domain. Negative circular masks are employed to remove material beneath them and generate rigid contact surfaces. Each mask is assigned five design variables. The first three decide the location and radius of the mask, whereas the last two determine the presence of the contact surface and its radius. To ensure continuity in contacting surfaces' normal, we employ a boundary smoothing scheme. The augmented Lagrange multiplier method is employed to incorporate self and mutual contact. An objective is formulated using the Fourier shape descriptors with the permitted resource constraint. The hill-climber optimization technique is utilized to update the design variables. An in-house code is developed for the entire process. To demonstrate the method's efficacy, a CCM is optimized with a two-kink path. The desired and obtained paths are compared. |
| title | Topology optimization of contact-aided compliant mechanisms for tracing multi-kink paths |
| topic | Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.23714 |