Optimal Design Rules Applied to the Design of High-Speed Mechanisms Under Deflection and Stress Constraints

Presented in this paper are two approaches for the design of flexible mechanisms under stress and deflection constraints. Based on the optimality conditions derived in this paper, two procedures are developed to design the minimum weight of mechanisms subject to stress and deflection limitations. The first procedure is the improvement of Thornton’s design process [17], and the second procedure is based on the interpolation technique. Several design examples are also presented to demonstrate these methods.