A flexure hinge is an ideal construction element for making small angular rotations, without play and without friction. Material stress, angular rotation and required force are difficult to optimize without proper calculations. The free FlexHinge software application enables you to quickly calculate the stiffnesses and material stress of a flexure hinge. It carries out all calculations automatically. Simply fill in the material data and dimensions on a clearly laid-out window. The results will appear almost instantaneously in the same window.
Features of FlexHinge, the Free Flexure Hinge Calculator
- calculation of translational and rotational stiffnesses
- calculation of material stress at any given deflection
- expandable list of material data
- extensive help file
- Windows Clipboard copy function
- Also runs on Linux
The latest release of FlexHinge is 1.0.3. See the release notes. Download FlexHinge here. Note: if you are running one of the toolkit programs on a high resolution display (High DPI) under Windows 10, the fonts can be blurry. See this article how to fix is easily.
See the system requirements here.
Useful Results for Designers
You can use the results from FlexHinge directly in your design decisions. The calculations of the stiffnesses and material stresses in FlexHinge are based on the empirical formulas as given in the lecture notes “Het voorspellen van dynamisch gedrag en positioneernauwkeurigheid van constructies en mechanismen, W. van der Hoek 1981”. These are based on accurate FE-analyses. Read more about about FlexHinge in the article Flexure hinges: theory and practice.
Download for Free
You can download and use the flexure hinge calculator FlexHinge for free after registration. Via the registration, you will receive an e-mail when an update or new software is available. There are more than 1700 registered users of FlexHinge (September 2022).
Please check the software programs about which you want to receive information. You will receive an email with a download link to the software.
You can always edit preferences and personal data or remove all personal data. See the privacy policy.
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