scholarly journals Dynamic response analysis for multi-degrees-of-freedom parallel mechanisms with various types of three-dimensional clearance joints

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 172988142110177
Author(s):  
Jia Yonghao ◽  
Chen Xiulong

For spatial multibody systems, the dynamic equations of multibody systems with compound clearance joints have a high level of nonlinearity. The coupling between different types of clearance joints may lead to abundant dynamic behavior. At present, the dynamic response analysis of the spatial parallel mechanism considering the three-dimensional (3D) compound clearance joint has not been reported. This work proposes a modeling method to investigate the influence of the 3D compound clearance joint on the dynamics characteristics of the spatial parallel mechanism. For this purpose, 3D kinematic models of spherical clearance joint and revolute joint with radial and axial clearances are derived. Contact force is described as normal contact and tangential friction and later introduced into the nonlinear dynamics model, which is established by the Lagrange multiplier technique and Jacobian of constraint matrix. The influences of compound clearance joint and initial misalignment of bearing axes on the system are analyzed. Furthermore, validation of dynamics model is evaluated by ADAMS and Newton–Euler method. This work provides an essential theoretical basis for studying the influences of 3D clearance joints on dynamic responses and nonlinear behavior of parallel mechanisms.

Author(s):  
Chen Xiulong ◽  
Li Yuewen ◽  
Jia Yonghao

Spherical joint is a type of common kinematic pair in spatial parallel mechanism. The existence of spherical joint clearance has many adverse effects on the mechanism. A method of forecasting the dynamic behaviors of spatial parallel mechanism with spherical clearance joint is proposed. The 4-UPS-UPU spatial parallel mechanism with spherical clearance is taken as the research object, the dynamic response, and nonlinear characteristics of the mechanism are studied. The kinematic model and the contact force model of the spherical clearance are established. The dynamic equation of the spatial parallel mechanism with spherical joint clearance is derived by Newton–Euler method. The above-mentioned dynamic equation is solved by using the ODE113 function that is based on a variable order numerical differential algorithm in matlab. The dynamic responses of moving platform with different clearance values are analyzed. The contact force and the center trajectory of the sphere at the spherical joint are obtained. In addition, the phase trajectory, Poincare map, and bifurcation diagram are analyzed, and the nonlinear characteristics of the spherical clearance joint and the moving platform are obtained. By comparing the results, such as the acceleration of moving platform and the contact force, with virtual prototype simulation, the correctness of the dynamic equation of the spatial parallel mechanism with spherical clearance joint and the analysis results are verified. The researches show that the change of clearance value has a great influence on the motion state of spherical clearance joint, and chaos phenomena appears in the clearance joint with the increase in the clearance value. And the impact phenomenon appears between the spherical joint elements, which makes the mechanism generated vibration.


2019 ◽  
Vol 141 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chen Xiulong ◽  
Jia Yonghao

The goal of this work is to investigate the dynamic responses of the parallel mechanism with irregular clearances caused by wear and to further reveal the influences of multiple clearance interaction on wear. The motion model and the force model of spherical clearance joint based on a continuous contact force model and a static friction model are established. The dynamic equation of the spatial parallel mechanism considering two spherical clearance joints is derived. A general wear analysis strategy to establish spherical clearance joint with sustainable updation of the surface profile is presented, and the dynamic responses of parallel mechanism after wear are studied. The interaction between two wear joints with different initial clearance values is further investigated. The results show that it is necessary to consider the factor of irregular clearances caused by wear in the analysis of dynamics behavior for precision mechanisms. Proper distribution of clearance values can reduce wear of clearance joint and improve the useful life of mechanism to a certain extent. This work provides a foundation for life prediction and reliability analysis of parallel mechanisms.


Author(s):  
P. Flores ◽  
J. Ambro´sio ◽  
J. C. P. Claro ◽  
H. M. Lankarani

This work deals with a methodology to assess the influence of the spherical clearance joints in spatial multibody systems. The methodology is based on the Cartesian coordinates, being the dynamics of the joint elements modeled as impacting bodies and controlled by contact forces. The impacts and contacts are described by a continuous contact force model that accounts for geometric and mechanical characteristics of the contacting surfaces. The contact force is evaluated as function of the elastic pseudo-penetration between the impacting bodies, coupled with a nonlinear viscous-elastic factor representing the energy dissipation during the impact process. A spatial four bar mechanism is used as an illustrative example and some numerical results are presented, being the efficiency of the developed methodology discussed in the process of their presentation. The results obtained show that the inclusion of clearance joints in the modelization of spatial multibody systems significantly influences the prediction of components’ position and drastically increases the peaks in acceleration and reaction moments at the joints. Moreover, the system’s response clearly tends to be nonperiodic when a clearance joint is included in the simulation.


2014 ◽  
Vol 538 ◽  
pp. 79-82
Author(s):  
Zhi Dong Huang ◽  
Yun Pu Du ◽  
Han Xiao Li ◽  
Xiu Li Sun ◽  
Yu Wang

The characteristics of oval gear is analyzed. The parameters of oval gear are chosen and calculated. The three-dimensional solid modeling of oval gear is achieved. The dynamic model of oval gear is established by FEM and modal analysis of oval gear is investigated. The natural frequency and major modes of the first six orders are clarified. The method and the result facilitate the dynamic design and dynamic response analysis of oval gear.


Author(s):  
Guofeng Zhou ◽  
Junwoo Kim ◽  
Yong Je Choi

The Jacobian approach to the kinestatic analysis of a planar suspension mechanism has been previously presented. In this paper, the theory is extended to three-dimensional kinestatic analysis by developing a full kinematic model and viewing it as a spatial parallel mechanism. The full kinematic model consists of two pairs of the front (double wishbone) and rear (multi-link) suspension mechanisms together with a newly developed ground-wheel contact model. The motion of each wheel of four suspension mechanisms is represented by the corresponding instantaneous screw at any instant. A vehicle is considered to be a 6-degrees-of-freedom spatial parallel mechanism whose vehicle body is supported by four serial kinematic chains. Each kinematic chain consists of a virtual instantaneous screw joint and a kinematic pair representing ground-wheel contact model. The kinestatic equation of the 6-degrees-of-freedom spatial parallel mechanism is derived in terms of the Jacobian. As an important application, a cornering motion of a vehicle is analysed under the assumption of steady-state cornering. A numerical example is presented to illustrate how to determine the optimal locations of strut springs for the least roll angle in cornering motion using the proposed method.


2013 ◽  
Vol 444-445 ◽  
pp. 1295-1300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hua Li ◽  
Rui Li ◽  
Yue Chen ◽  
De Xiang Zhu

Suspenders are main force-transmission components of half-through and through arch bridge, It is crucial for safety of bridges to its reliability and durability. Safety of the arch bridge will change when a suspender sudden failure, and affect the safety of the structure. Selecting a through arch bridge in Yunnan Province as the research object, it based on the three-dimensional finite element, this paper studied the dynamic response of arch bridge suspenders sudden failure on the failure-safety theory.


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