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Linear programming approach to design of spatial link mechanism with partially rigid joints

Authors: Makoto Ohsaki, Yoshihiro Kanno, Seita Tsuda

Published in: Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization | Issue 6/2014

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A simple systematic approach is presented for designing a spatial link mechanism with partially rigid joints. A linear programming (LP) problem to find an infinitesimal mechanism that maximizes the output displacement is first formulated. The objective function of this LP problem has a penalty term to obtain a sparse solution including small numbers of hinges and members to be removed. It is shown that the dual of this LP problem can be regarded as a plastic limit analysis problem that maximizes the load factor under the equilibrium condition and upper- and lower-bound constraints on the member-end forces of a given frame structure. A heuristic approach is presented to obtain a finite mechanism by solving the LP problem after updating the nodal locations in the direction of inextensional deformation. It is shown in the numerical examples that various planar and spatial mechanisms can be easily found using the proposed method.

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Title: Linear programming approach to design of spatial link mechanism with partially rigid joints
Authors: Makoto Ohsaki
Yoshihiro Kanno
Seita Tsuda
Publication date: 01-12-2014
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization / Issue 6/2014
Print ISSN: 1615-147X
Electronic ISSN: 1615-1488
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00158-014-1094-y

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