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Qian Lu1, Zhi Cui1, Xifu Chen1
1School of Mechanical Engineering, Yancheng Institute of Technology, Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province 224051, China.
Abstract:
Compared with commonly used flexure hinges, deep-notch elliptical flexure hinges are more suitable for flexible mechanisms with high precise transmission requirements. The rotation stiffness model of deep-notch elliptical flexure hinges was built first, and the compliance matrix was analyzed and solved by using Newton-Cotes quadrature formula to simplify the calculation of compliance coefficients; on the other hand, the fuzzy multi-objective optimization model with distribution was constructed, and a detailed example was given out to validate the effectiveness of the fuzzy optimization. The experiment results show that the desired angular displacement α(z) around the z axis is increased by 30.13%; while the undesired α(y) that around the y axis is decreased by 15.74% in experiment. The line displacements of Δ(y) and Δ(z) along the Y and Z axes are decreased by 18.15% and 47.69%, respectively. All the optimization data show that after the fuzzy optimization, the rotation capacity of z axis has been raised, and the motion capacity of the undesired directions has been restrained, so that the movement precision and the performance of the deep-notch elliptical flexure hinge can be improved, which is more suitable for the optical waveguide packaging positioning platform with high precision transmission.
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