Compliant mechanisms have become an important branch of modern mechanisms. Unlike
conventional rigid body mechanisms, compliant mechanisms transform the displacement …

In the past few years, design of mechanical metamaterials has been empowered by
computational tools that have allowed the community to overcome limitations of human …

In this paper we present an extension of the topology optimization method to include
uncertainties during the fabrication of macro, micro and nano structures. More specifically …

A monolithic compliant mechanism transmits applied forces from specified input ports to
output ports by elastic deformation of its comprising materials, fulfilling required functions …

In the current element density-based topology optimization, element stiffness is penalized to
yield either solid or void (or very weak) materials, but low-density elements appear during …

Topology optimization problems for compliant mechanisms using a density interpolation
scheme, the rational approximation of material properties (RAMP) method, and a globally …

This paper presents a new level set-based method to realize shape and topology
optimization of hinge-free compliant mechanisms. A quadratic energy functional used in …

The topology optimization problem for the synthesis of compliant mechanisms has been
formulated in many different ways in the past 15 years, but there is not yet a definitive …

This paper deals with recent, developments of topology optimization techniques for
application in some new types of design problems. The emphasis is on recent work of the …

Metamaterial mechanisms are structures composed of periodic cells that possess special
mechanism responses. This paper proposes a topology optimization method based on a …