REVIEW ON DESIGN OF COMPLIANT MECHANISM FOR AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATION – A TOPLOGY OPTIMIZATION APPROACH

This Paper Elucidates the Various Designs Involved in the Compliant mechanism which is merely applied in Various Applications of interdisciplinary Engineering Industries. The Compliant mechanism is centre to machinery and all Living organisms. In general, the Mechanism is defined as Transmission or Transformation of Force, motion, Energy. On basis of giving clarity about Compliant mechanisms we need to understand the basic two extremes of Design mechanisms, one extreme part is Machineries and its motion designs which turnouts into rigid bodies, Joint and Linkages which are stiffness in nature but transform/transmit into motions, another extreme is Structural designs (Ex: Bridges, Dams, Towers) which does not deform or move under loads applied on it. The Compliant mechanism designs acts as a spectrum between these two and has the property of structures and rigid body mechanism linkages. The Compliant mechanism has a structural design and has the mobility to Transform/Transmit Force, motion, Energy, Compliant mechanism is flexible and necessarily undergoes elastic deformation with a single structure without any joints or links. This type of designs is easy to manufacture by the 3D Printing Technology (Additive Manufacturing). This Review Paper narrates we are going to the cover the advanced designs of compliant mechanisms and its applications adaptable for engineering or Automotive Industries.