linkage_Hourglassflex.

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To design hourglass flexures
By Alex Slocum 5/1/99, last modified 2/12/04 by Alex Slocum
Enter numbers in BOLD, results are in RED

Design Parameters Values Description

RR 3 Radius of hourglass
sigmax 60000 maximium allowable stress
w 0.75 Width of web
E 2.90E+07 Modulus of elasticity
t 0.04 Minimum thickness of web
term1 1.20E-01
Theta (rad, deg) 0.0421 2.41
Motion at end of tip 0.0211
Determine force resulting from motion to cause maximum allowable stress
L 0.5 Distance from web to tip
F 24.0 Required force