Design of thermal expansion compliant mechanisms and structures by evolutionary optimization

• Main Author: Yong, Lig Lee.
• Other Authors: Tai, Kang
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Mechatronics
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/5497
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This work describes a new approach for design synthesis of thermal expansion compliant structures and mechanisms. In this work, a morphological scheme is used to represent the topology of structure. This scheme models the topology of a structure using Bezier curves with variable thickness.