Flexures with varying cross-section to increase support stiffness

This video demonstrates the use of flexures with varying cross-section for increased support stiffness. The stiffness of various flexure joints has been improved by a factor of 1.3 up to a factor of 4. Details can be found in: Dwarshuis et al. 2023. “Beams With a Varying Cross Section in the Generalized Strain Formulation for Flexure Modeling”. In: Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4056482 This is the third of four recent improvements in flexure modelling that are part of the PhD research of Koen Dwarshuis at the Precision Engineering lab (Dannis Brouwer) at the University of Twente. Details can be found in the PhD thesis: Dwarshuis, 2022. “Beam-based analysis of flexure mechanisms: Increasing computational efficiency, accuracy and design freedom” https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036554831 Research team: Koen Dwarshuis, Ronald Aarts, Marcel Ellenbroek, Dannis Brouwer Video by: Koen Dwarshuis, Marijn Nijenhuis Funding: HTSM 2017, NWO (16210)