Universal Design of Compliant Mechanisms Based on Design Optimization Method

• Project/Area Number: 19760100
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Design engineering/Machine functional elements/Tribology
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: IZUI Kazuhiro Kyoto University, 工学研究科, 助教 (90314228)
• Project Period (FY): 2007 – 2009
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2009)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,740,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2007: ¥1,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000)
• Keywords: 設計工学 / 最適設計 / コンプライアントメカニズム / ユニバーサルデザイン / ロバスト設計 / トポロジー最適化 / レベルセット法 / 粒子法 / 構造最適化 / 形状最適化

Research Abstract

In this research, a design methodology for of compliant mechanisms considering universal design concept was developed. Several design criteria that can be quantitatively evaluated are proposed based on universal design principles which were proposed by a research group in North Carolina State University, and a design optimization problem for design of compliant mechanisms is formulated using the design criteria. Numerical optimization techniques were utilized to obtain optimal design configuration.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] A Structural Optimization Method for Universal Design of Compliant Mechanism Scissors (2009)
  • Author(s): Kazuhiro IZUI, Kiyoshi YOKOTA, Takayuki YAMADA, Shinji NISHIWAKI, Masataka YOSHIMURA
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the ASME 2009 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference DETC2009-86594(CD-ROM)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] レベルセット法に基づくコンプライアントメカニズムの構造最適化 (2008)
  • Author(s): 山田崇恭, 山崎慎太郎, 西脇眞二, 泉井一浩, 吉村允孝
  • Journal Title: 日本計算工学会論文集 Paper No.20080001
  • NAID: 130008056229
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] トポロジー最適化に基づく使いやすさを考慮したコンプライアントメカニズムの設計 (2009)
  • Author(s): 横田清志, 泉井一浩, 西脇眞二, 吉村允孝
  • Organizer: 第19回設計工学・システム部門講演会, 日本機械学会
  • Place of Presentation: 沖縄, 日本
• [Presentation] A Structural Optimization Method for Universal Design of Compliant Mechanism Scissors (2009)
  • Author(s): Izui, K, Yokota, K., Yamada, T., Nishiwaki, S., Yoshimura, M.
  • Organizer: Proceedings of the ASME 2009 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference IDETC/CIE 2009
  • Place of Presentation: San Diego, California, USA
• [Presentation] ユニバーサルデザインを目的としたコンプライアントメカニズムの創成的設計手法の構築 (2008)
  • Author(s): 横田清志, 山田恭宗, 泉井一浩, 西脇眞二, 吉村允孝
  • Organizer: 日本機械学会第18設計工学・システム部門講演会論文集
  • Place of Presentation: 京都
  • Year and Date: 2008-10-27
• [Presentation] 第18設計工学・システム部門講演会 (2008)
  • Author(s): 横田清志, 山田恭崇, 泉井一浩, 西脇眞二, 吉村允孝
  • Organizer: 第18設計工学・システム部門講演会, 日本機械学会
  • Place of Presentation: 京都
• [Remarks]
  • URL: http://www.osdel.me.kyoto-u.ac.jp/members/izui.html