Criteria for determining an optimum locality of a manipulator arm are developed. In many cases, in a manufacturing environment, the tools, fixtures and targets that a manipulator has to deal with cannot be relocated. ...
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Criteria for determining an optimum locality of a manipulator arm are developed. In many cases, in a manufacturing environment, the tools, fixtures and targets that a manipulator has to deal with cannot be relocated. Thus, the choice of the manipulator locality is important. The method presented in this paper uses the notion of a service sphere to determine required orientability at an operating point. The boundary surfaces to the wrist-accessible output ser is determined and positioned such that the service sphere is inside the wrist-accessible output set. To determine boundary surfaces of the wrist-accessible output set, manipulator singularities (internal boundary, and higher order) are computed and substituted into the constraint equation to parameterize singular surfaces. Part of these surfaces may lie internal to the boundary while other parts are a subset of the boundary. Singular surfaces are then intersected to determine second-order singularities. Second-order singularities partition surfaces into subsurfaces. Those subsurfaces on the boundary are determined by perturbing a point on the surface and concluding whether the perturbed point satisfies the constraint equations. The boundary to the wrist-accessible output set is then located with respect to the service sphere. The locality of the manipulator is determined for maximum orientability.
The genetic algorithm (GA), an optimization technique based on the theory of natural selection is applied to structural topology design problems. After reviewing the genetic algorithm and previous research in structur...
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The genetic algorithm (GA), an optimization technique based on the theory of natural selection is applied to structural topology design problems. After reviewing the genetic algorithm and previous research in structural topology optimization, we detail the chromosome-to-design representation which enables the genetic algorithm to perform structural topology optimization. Extending our prior investigations, this article first compares our genetic-algorithm-based technique with homogenization methods in the minimization of a structure's compliance subject to a maximum volume constraint. We then use our technique to generate topologies combining high structural performance with a variety of material connectivity characteristics which arise directly from our discretized design representation. After discussing our findings, we describe potential future work.
Working capability analysis of planar and spatial Stewart platforms with unilateral constraints on actuator length is carried out using numerical methods based on analytical criteria for the boundary of the accessible...
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Working capability analysis of planar and spatial Stewart platforms with unilateral constraints on actuator length is carried out using numerical methods based on analytical criteria for the boundary of the accessible output set. Restrictions on achievable motion at singular configurations associated with points interior to the accessible output set are also analyzed. Since movement of the working point on a spatial Stewart platform occurs in three-dimensional space, the boundary of the accessible output set is a two-dimensional surface. Numerical methods used in this analysis map one-dimensional solution sets, permitting the boundary of the accessible output set to be characterized by a family of one dimensional generators. Motion control restrictions inside the accessible output set are similarly characterized by families of interior singular curves, and barriers to motion control across surfaces defined are analyzed.
In this paper, a method is proposed for the design optimization of structural components where both shape and topology are optimized The boundaries of the shape of the structure are represented using contours of a ...
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In this paper, a method is proposed for the design optimization of structural components where both shape and topology are optimized The boundaries of the shape of the structure are represented using contours of a ''shape density'' function. The contour of the density function corresponding to a threshold value is defined as the boundary of the shape. The shape density function is defined over a feasible domain and is represented by a continuous piece-wise interpolation over the finite elements used for structural analysis. The values of the density function at the nodes serve as the design variables of the optimization problem. The advantage of this shape representation is that both shape and topology of the structure can. be modified and optimized by the optimization algorithm. Unlike previous methods for shape and topology optimization, the material is not modeled as porous or composite using the homogenization method. Instead the material properties of the structure are assumed to depend on the density function and many approximate material property-density relations have been studied. The shape and topology of structural components are optimized with the objective of minimizing the compliance subject to a constraint on the total mass of the structure.
A design of a micro latching fastener - a micro "mouse trap" - is presented, which has self-closing compliant latches that clamp a free planar part inserted between them. The self-closing of the latches is i...
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In this paper, a mixed approach for probabilistic structural durability design of mechanical systems is proposed. In this approach, a deterministic design optimization that considers structural crack initiation and cr...
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In this paper, a continuum-based design sensitivity analysis (DSA) method for hyperelastic structures using a meshless method, the Reproducing Kernel Particle Method (RKPM), is presented. The Yeoh’s energy density fu...
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In this paper, an efficient reliability analysis method for durability of structural components subjected to external and inertia loads with time-dependent variable amplitudes is presented. This proposed method is abl...
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Methods for formulating the first-order design sensitivity of multibody systems by direct differentiation are presented. These types of systems, when formulated by Euler-Lagrange techniques, are representable using di...
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An analytical formulation for computing kinematic sensitivity of the spatial four-bar mechanism is presented. The experimental code developed is used to compute an assembled configuration for the mechanism due to a de...
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