Flexure - Wikipedia A flexure is a flexible element (or combination of elements) engineered to be compliant in specific degrees of freedom [1] Flexures are a design feature used by design engineers (usually mechanical engineers) for providing adjustment or compliance in a design
Marcel Thomas - MIT Flexures are important for engineers because they allow stiction-less, controlled, limited-range motion These well-designed, well-understood springs can then be implemented in precision machines to allow the development of medical devices and machines for electronic fabrication
36_Carson - ESMATS Flexures are best described as “compliant structure” While they share many of the same attributes as springs, they differ in that flexures are part of the primary structure of an object or device Flexures are often integral to a device whereas springs are mechanically captured in place
What Is Flexure? The Mechanics of Bending - Engineer Fix Flexure is the mechanical process of bending or deforming that occurs when a structural component or material is subjected to a load perpendicular to its length This deformation is a fundamental concept in engineering, defining how physical objects respond to external forces