Mechanical Sciences
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Articles | Volume 5, issue 2
Articles | Volume 5, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-5-67-2014
© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-5-67-2014
© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 5, issue 2
Research article
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12 Dec 2014
Research article |  | 12 Dec 2014

A function for characterizing complete kinetostatic behaviors of compliant bistable mechanisms

G. Li and G. Chen

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A rational function called tri-root bistable function are proposed to represent the complete nonlinear bistable force-displacement characteristics. The function has a cubic polynomial numerator and quadratic polynomial denominator. For the classic fully-compliant bistable mechanism, six closed-form equations are used to describe the relationships between the function parameters and the mechanism's design parameters, which are achieved using a multi-variable nonlinear regression.
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