# Compliant mechanisms: references

15 records: 7 read sources that the rules and checks may cite, and 8 records catalogued from the Reference Map, not yet read. One-piece parts that flex instead of sliding or screwing.

Catalogued records are search snippets: their numbers are the authors' claims and their licences are as the map states them, unread. Cite one only after reading it.

The same records as JSON: https://cad-agent.valpatel.com/catalog/references/compliant-mechanisms.json. All areas: [references](../references.md).

## Coverage

What cad-agent checked when the map was made; each drafted issue was never posted.

- **Snap-fit and living-hinge strain limits** (Partly): Cantilever and annular/torsion done; no living-hinge strain/fatigue calculator (e=t\*theta/2L only in research/compliant-mechanisms.md:20); Fictiv H/5-H/8 ratio absent; no PP/TPU hinge materials. Drafted issue, never posted: "Add living-hinge strain and thickness calculator".

## Records

| Record | Kind | Evidence | Confidence | Licence | Process | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Living Hinge Basics for Injection Molding](https://www.protolabs.com/resources/blog/living-hinge-basics-for-injection-molding/) · Protolabs · `protolabs-living-hinge` | Guide | read | low 0.4 | proprietary, not read | Moulding and casting |  |
| [An Electrothermally-Actuated Bistable MEMS Relay for Power Applications](https://pergatory.mit.edu/research/jqiu/thesisscreen.pdf) · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD thesis; supervisor Alexander H. Slocum) · `qiu-2003-bistable-thesis` | Read source | read | unknown | not recorded |  |  |
| [Design Guidelines for Additive Manufactured Snap-Fit Joints](https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000142464) · Procedia CIRP 50 (KITopen repository) · `klahn-2016-am-snapfit` | Read source | read | unknown | not recorded |  |  |
| [General Design Principles for DuPont Engineering Polymers (Design Guide - Module I)](https://www.emcoplastics.com/assets/pdf/acetal/General%20Design%20Principles%20for%20Engineering%20Polymers.pdf) · E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company · `dupont-design-module-1` | Read source | read | unknown | not recorded |  |  |
| [How do you design snap-fit joints for 3D printing?](https://www.hubs.com/knowledge-base/how-design-snap-fit-joints-3d-printing/) · Protolabs Network (formerly Hubs) · `hubs-snapfit-3dp` | Read source | read | unknown | not recorded |  |  |
| [Improving Snapfit Design (Part 3)](https://ulprospector.ul.com/1248/snapfit-3/) · BASF, published on UL Prospector Knowledge Center · `basf-snapfit-prospector` | Read source | read | unknown | not recorded |  |  |
| [Snap-Fit Joints for Plastics - A Design Guide](https://cdn.sparkfun.com/assets/home_page_posts/1/4/1/0/Plastic_Snap_fit_design.pdf) · Covestro LLC (formerly Bayer MaterialScience LLC) · `covestro-snapfit` | Read source | read | unknown | not recorded |  |  |
| [BASF Snap-Fit Design Guide (Scribd copy)](https://www.scribd.com/document/781414276/BASF-Snap-Fit-Design-Guide) · BASF · `basf-snap-fit-design-guide-scribd-copy` | Guide | snippet only (authors' claim) | low 0.4 | proprietary, not read | Moulding and casting |  |
| [BASF Snapfit online tool and blog](https://ultrasimweb.basf.com/snapfit/blog/introduction/) · BASF · `basf-snapfit-online-tool-and-blog` | Guide | snippet only | low 0.4 | proprietary, not read | Moulding and casting |  |
| [By Design: Polypropylene part design, Part 2 - Living hinges](https://www.plasticstoday.com/materials/design-polypropylene-part-design-part-2-living-hinges) · PlasticsToday · `plasticstoday-by-design-polypropylene-part-design-part-2` | Guide | snippet only (authors' claim) | low 0.4 | proprietary, not read | Moulding and casting |  |
| [Design Guide for Living Hinges (Fictiv)](https://www.fictiv.com/?p=1242) · Fictiv · `fictiv-design-guide-for-living-hinges-fictiv` | Guide | snippet only (authors' claim) | low 0.4 | proprietary, not read | Moulding and casting |  |
| [Fictiv: How to Design Snap-Fit Components](https://www.fictiv.com/articles/how-to-design-snap-fit-components) · Fictiv · `fictiv-how-to-design-snap-fit-components` | Guide | snippet only | low 0.4 | proprietary, not read | Moulding and casting |  |
| [Fundamentals of Annular Snap-Fit Joints (Machine Design)](https://www.machinedesign.com/fastening-joining/article/21834620/fundamentals-of-annular-snap-fit-joints) · Machine Design · `machine-design-fundamentals-of-annular-snap-fit-joints` | Guide | snippet only (authors' claim) | low 0.4 | proprietary, not read | Moulding and casting |  |
| [Injection molding design fundamentals: Snap-fits for plastic parts (PlasticsToday)](https://www.plasticstoday.com/injection-molding/injection-molding-design-fundamentals-snap-fits-for-plastic-parts) · PlasticsToday · `plasticstoday-injection-molding-design-fundamentals-snap` | Guide | snippet only | low 0.4 | proprietary, not read | Moulding and casting |  |
| [Snap-fit joints for plastics: A design guide (Bayer MaterialScience; Covestro successor), mirror](https://fab.cba.mit.edu/classes/S62.12/people/vernelle.noel/Plastic_Snap_fit_design.pdf) · Bayer MaterialScience (now Covestro), MIT-hosted copy · `bayer-materialscience-snap-fit-joints-for-plastics-a-design` | Guide | snippet only (authors' claim) | low 0.4 | proprietary, not read | Moulding and casting |  |