This course introduces the concept and principles of compliant mechanisms and presents the design methods in details. Various applications of compliant mechanisms in consumer products, microsystems, aerospace and automotive industry, etc., will be touched upon throughout the course. It is a comprehensive treatment of the field of the young field of compliant mechanisms starting from the basics and ending with the state of the art.
G. K. Ananthasuresh has taught this course once and has extensive presentation material based on numerous workshops he has conducted on the subject in the US and India. The instructor has been working in this field right from the inception of the field. He is associated with it for nearly 25 years and has contributed to its development and identifying applications. He has also played a major role in defining systematic design methods for compliant mechanisms.
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