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PAGE  PAGE vii Analysis of a Toggle Mechanism: Sensitivity to Link Sizes and Compliance Material by Joseph P. Hughes A Project Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ENGINEERING Major Subject: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Approved: _________________________________________ Professor Ernesto Gutierrez-Miravete, Project Adviser Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Hartford, Connecticut August 2012 (For Graduation December 2012) ? Copyright 2012 by Joseph P. Hughes All Rights Reserved CONTENTS  TOC \o 1-3 \h \z \u  LIST OF TABLES  PAGEREF _Toc204091899 \h iv LIST OF FIGURES  PAGEREF _Toc204091900 \h v LIST OF SYMBOLS  PAGEREF _Toc204091901 \h vi ABSTRACT  PAGEREF _Toc204091902 \h vii 1. Introduction  PAGEREF _Toc204091903 \h 1 2. Theory/Methodology  PAGEREF _Toc204091904 \h 3 2.1 Linkage Stress Evaluation  PAGEREF _Toc204091905 \h 3 2.1.1 Effect of Link Length on Stress within the Linkage  PAGEREF _Toc204091906 \h 3 2.1.2 Effect of Compliant Material Choice on Stress within the Linkage  PAGEREF _Toc204091907 \h 4 2.2 Methodology Used during the Finite Element Analysis (FEA)  PAGEREF _Toc204091908 \h 5 2.2.1 Model Used during Analysis  PAGEREF _Toc204091909 \h 5 2.2.2 Element Choice for the Evaluations  PAGEREF _Toc204091910 \h 7 3. Results and Discussion  PAGEREF _Toc204091911 \h 8 3.1 Baseline Evaluation of the Toggle Mechanism  PAGEREF _Toc204091912 \h 8 3.2 Toggle Mechanism Sensitivity to Linkage Length  PAGEREF _Toc204091913 \h 10 3.3 Toggle Mechanism Sensitivity to the Compliant Material Choice  PAGEREF _Toc204091914 \h 12 4. Conclusion  PAGEREF _Toc204091915 \h 14 References  PAGEREF _Toc204091916 \h 15 Appendix  PAGEREF _Toc204091917 \h 16  LIST OF TABLES LIST OF FIGURES  TOC \c Figure Figure 1: Toggle Mechanism [Reference (1)]  PAGEREF _Toc204087773 \h 1 Figure 2: Finite Element Analysis Co