Flex-16: A large-displacement monolithic compliant rotational hinge

Analysis of Rotational Column with Plastic Hinge

Michael Long, Rice University; Corey Bergad, Bates College; EERC Name: MCEER Host Institution: SUNY at Buffalo Faculty Advisor: Dr. Andrei Reinhorn ________________________________________________________________________ Abstract: A plastic hinge is a type of energy dampening device allowing plastic rotation of an otherwise rigid column connection. This device is composed of a weakened portion ...

Rotational Speed Sensors KMI15/16

Solvers for large-displacement fluid–structure interaction problems: segregated versus monolithic approaches

We compare the relative performance of monolithic and segregated (partitioned) solvers for largedisplacement fluid–structure interaction (FSI) problems within the framework of oomphlib, the object-oriented multi-physics finite-element library, available as open-source software at http://www.oomph-lib.org. Monolithic solvers are widely acknowledged to be more robust than their segregated counter...

16-Bit Monolithic Digital-to-Analog Converter

The PCM54 and PCM55 family of converters are parallel input, fully monotonic, 16-bit digital-to-analog converters that are designed and specified for digital audio applications. These devices employ ultra-stable nichrome (NiCr) thin-film resistors to provide monotonicity, low distortion, and low differential linearity error (especially around bipolar zero) over long periods of time and over the...

Topology Optimization for Large-displacement Compliant Mechanisms Using Element Free Galerkin Method

This paper presents a topology optimization approach using element-free Galerkin method (EFGM) for the optimal design of compliant mechanisms with geometrically non-linearity. Meshless method has an advantage over the finite element method(FEM) because it is more capable of handling large deformation resulted from geometrical nonlinearity. Therefore, in this paper, EFGM is employed to discretiz...