Compliant Systems Design Laboratory

Publications

Articles on Compliant Mechanisms

Kota, S. Lu, K-J., Kreiner, Z., Trease, B., Arenas, J., and Geiger, J., Design and Application of Compliant Mechanisms for Surgical Tools, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, November 2005, Vol. 127, Issue 6, pp. 981-989.

Trease, B., Moon, Y., and Kota S., Design Of Large-Displacement Compliant Joints, ASME Transactions, Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 127, Number 4, July 2005.

Lu, K.J. and Kota, S., Design of Compliant Mechanisms for Morphing Structural Shapes, Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Vol. 14, No. 6, pp. 379-391, 2003

Saggere L. and Kota, S., Synthesis of Planar, Compliant Four-bar Mechanisms for Compliant-Segment Motion Generation, ASME Transactions, Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 123, Number 4, December 2001, pp 535-541.

Kota S., Compliant Systems using Monolithic Mechanisms, Feature Article in Smart Material Bulletin: An International Newsletter, ISSN 1471-3918, Elsevier Science Ltd. March 2001.

Kota, S., Joo, J., Li, Z., et al. Design of Compliant Mechanisms: Applications to MEMS, Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing-An International Journal, 29, 7-15, 2001. Kluwer Academic Publications.

Joo, J., Kota, S., and Kikuchi, N., Topological Synthesis of Compliant Mechanisms Using Linear Beam Elements, Mechanics and Structures of Machines. 28(4), 245-280, 2000.

Kota, S., Hetrick, J., Li, Z., and Saggere, L., Tailoring Unconventional Actuators with Compliant Transmissions: Design Methods and Applications, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp396-408, December 1999.

Frecker, M., Kikuchi, N., and Kota, S., Topology Optimization of Compliant Mechanisms with Multiple Outputs, To appear in Structural Optimization, Springer-Verlag, 1999.

Saggere, L. and Kota S., Static Shape Control of Smart Structures Using Compliant Mechanisms, AIAA Journal, Volume 37, Number 5, pp.572-578, May 1999.

Frecker, M.I., Ananthasuresh, G.K., Nishiwaka, S., Kikuchi, N., and Kota, S., Topological Synthesis of Compliant Mechanisms Using Multi-Criteria Optimization, ASME Transactions, Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 119, No. 2, pp. 238 -245, June 1997.

Kota, S., Ananthasuresh, G.K., Crary, S.B., and Wise, K.D., Design and Fabrication of Microelectromechanical Systems, ASME Transactions, Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 1081-1088.

Ananthasuresh, G.K and Kota, S. Designing Compliant Mechanisms, ASME Mechanical Engineering, November 1995.

Conference Papers on Compliant Mechanisms

Trease, B. and Kota, S., 2006, Synthesis of Adaptive and Controllable Compliant Systems with Embedded Actuators and Sensors, Proceedings of DETC 2006, International Design Engineering Technical Conference, Sept 10 - 13, 2006, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Tantanawat, T. and Kota, S., 2006, Design of Compliant Mechanisms for Minimizing Input Power in Dynamic Applications, Proceedings of DETC 2006, International Design Engineering Technical Conference, Sept 10 - 13, 2006, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Kim, C. J. , Kota, S., and Moon, Y., 2004, An Instant Center Approach to the Conceptual Design of Compliant Mechanisms, Proceedings of DETC 2004, International Design Engineering Technical Conference, Sept 28 - Oct 2, 2004, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.

Vehar, C., Kota, S., and Dennis R., 2004, Closed-Loop Tape Springs as Fully Compliant Mechanisms - Preliminary Investigations, Proceedings of DETC 2004, International Design Engineering Technical Conference, Sept 28 - Oct 2, 2004, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.

Tantanawat, T., Li, Z., and Kota, S., 2004, Application of Compliant Mechanisms to Active Vibration Isolation Systems, Proceedings of DETC 2004, International Design Engineering Technical Conference, Sept 28 - Oct 2, 2004, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.

Lu, K.J. and Kota, S., Synthesis of Shape Morphing Compliant Mechanisms Using Load Path Representation, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Washington, D.C., IMECE2003-41813, November 16-21, 2003

Trease, B.P., Lu, K.J., and Kota, S., Biomimetic Compliant System for Smart Actuator-Driven Aquatic Propulsion: Preliminary Results, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Washington, D.C., IMECE2003-41446, November 16-21, 2003

Lu, K.J. and Kota, S., Parameterization Strategy for Optimization of Shape Morphing Compliant Mechanisms Using Load Path Representation, ASME DETC, Chicago, IL, DETC2003/DAC-48775, September 2-6, 2003

Lu, K.J. and Kota, S., Synthesis of Shape Morphing Compliant Mechanisms Using Load Path Representation Method, Proceedings of the 2003 SPIE Modeling, Signal Processing, and Control Conference, San Diego, CA, Vol. 5049, pp. 337-348, March 2-6, 2003

C. Kim, S. Kota, Design of a Novel Compliant Transmission for Secondary Microactuators in Disk Drives, The 2002 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Sept 29-Oct 2, Montreal, CA

Moon Y.M, S. Kota, Design of Compliant Parallel Kinematic Machines, Proceedings of DETC 2002, 27th Biannual Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, DETC2002/MECH-34204, September 29 - October 2, Montreal, Canada

Y.M. Moon, B. Trease, and S. Kota, Design of Large Displacement Compliant Joints, Proceedings of DETC 2002, 27th Biannual Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, DETC2002/MECH-34207, September 29 - October 2, Montreal, Canada

Li Z., and S. Kota, Dynamic Analysis of Compliant Mechanisms, Proceedings of DETC 2002, 27th Biannual Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, September 29 - October 2, Montreal, Canada

Lu, K-J, S. Kota, Compliant Mechanism Synthesis for Shape Change Applications: Preliminary Results, Proceedings of 2002 SPIE Modeling, Signal Processing, and Control Conference, San Diego, CA, Vol. 4693, pp. 161-172, March, 2002

Joo J., Kota S., Kikuchi N., Large Deformation Behavior of Compliant Mechanisms, Proceedings of the 2001 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Pittsburgh, Sept 9-12, Paper number DETC 2001/DAC 21084.

S. Kota, R. Osborn, J. Joo, D. Giester, and J. Hetrick, Active Flow Control Using High Frequency Compliant Structures, Proceedings of the 2001 ASME Fluids Engineering Divison Summer Meeting (FEDSM 2001), New Orleans, May 2001.Symposium on Active Flow Control (S-322); Also, AIAA paper number 2001-4144, Proc. of AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, August 6-9 2001, Montreal, Canada.

Rodgers S.M., Kota S., Hetrick J., Li Z., Jensen B.D., Krygowski T.W., Miller S.L., Barnes S.M., Burg M.S., A New Class of High Force, Low-Voltage Compliant Actuation Systems, Solid-State Sensor and Actuators (Biennial) Conference, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, June 2000.

S. Kota, J. Hetrick, Z. Li, S. Rodgers, T. Krygowski, Synthesizing High-Performance Compliant Stroke Amplification Systems for MEMS, Proc. of the IEEE Thirteenth Annual International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, Miyazaki, Japan, Jan 23-27, 2000, pp 164-169.

Hetrick J., S. Kota, Size and Shape Optimization of Compliant Mechanisms using Energy Formulation, 1998 ASME Design Technical Conferences, Atlanta, GA, September 1998.

Hetrick J., Kikuchi N., S. Kota, Robustness of Compliant Mechanism Topology Optimization Formulations, Proceedings of the SPIE International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials: Mathematics and Control of Smart Structures, March, Newport Beach, CA.

Saggere, L., Kota S., Synthesis of Distributed Compliant Mechanisms for Adaptive Structures: An Elasto-Kinematic Approach, Proceedings of the DETC 1997, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, September 14-17, Sacramento, CA.

Frecker M.I., Kikuchi N., Kota S., Optimal Design of Compliant Mechanisms, International Society of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (ISSMO), May 26-30, 1997, Zakopane, Poland.

Frecker M.I., Kota S., Kikuchi N., Use of Penalty Functions in Topological Synthesis and Optimization of Strain-energy Density of Compliant Mechanisms, 1997 ASME Design Automation Conference, September, Sacramento, CA.

Saggere L., and Kota S., An Elasto-Kinematic Approach for the Synthesis of Distributed Compliant Mechanisms for Adaptive Structures Application, 1997 ASME Design Automation Conference, September, Sacramento, CA.

Frecker, M., Kikuchi, N., Kota S., Optimal Synthesis of Compliant Mechanisms to Satisfy Kinematic and Structural Requirements - Preliminary Results, Proceedings of the 1996 ASME Design Technical Conferences - Design Automation Conference 96-DETC/DAC-1417, August, Irvine CA.

Saggere, L, Kota S., Crary S., A New Suspension for Micro Linear Actuators, Proceedings of the 1994 ASME Winter Annual Meeting - Symposium on MEMS.

Ananthasuresh G.K., Kota S., Kikuchi N., Strategies for Systematic Synthesis of Compliant MEMS, 1994 ASME Winter Annual Meeting - Symposium on MEMS.

Ananthasuresh, G.K., Kota S., and Gianchandani Y., A Methodical Approach to Design of Compliant MEMS, Solid-State Sensor and Acutators (Biennial) Conference, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, June 1994.

ŠSridhar Kota, The University of Michigan. All images are copyright protected.