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E3S Web Conf.
Volume 243, 2021
The 5th International Conference on Power, Energy and Mechanical Engineering (ICPEME 2021)
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| Article Number | 02007 | |
| Number of page(s) | 5 | |
| Section | Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Automation | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202124302007 | |
| Published online | 11 March 2021 | |
A Preliminary Study on the Compliant Stretcher Mechanism of Canopy
Center of Systematic Innovation Research, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Tunku Abdul Rahman University College, 53300 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
* Corresponding author:leeky@tarc.edu.my
The design of the canopy utilizes the conventional rigid body mechanisms which is vulnerable to the presence of backlash, friction of joints or wearing of mechanical parts which lead to short product life. Compliant mechanisms are employed to reduce these mechanical problems, owing to their zero-joint and monolithic structure. A reference design for the conventional canopy was chosen and modified through reviewing different patent designs. Six different configurations of the pseudo-rigid-body model (PRBM) were constructed, and the best configuration was selected. Kinematic synthesis with function generation was performed for the chosen PRBM using MATLAB. The obtained results from the kinematic synthesis were then used to calculate the dimensions and stresses of the flexural pivots for the compliant stretcher mechanism. Finite Element Analysis (FEA) simulation was then performed on each of the models and the obtained flexural pivot stresses were compared with that of the PRBM. This research successfully replaces all the rigid joints and links of the stretcher mechanism of the conventional canopy to form a monolithic structure of compliant stretcher mechanism.
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