scholarly journals Experimental Testing, Modeling, and Simulation of 3D Printed Composite Material for Morphing Wing Application

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Rajs ◽  
Marc Palardy-Sim ◽  
Guillaume Renaud ◽  
Michael Jakubinek ◽  
Farjad Shadmehri
Keyword(s):  
Composite Material ◽  
Modeling And Simulation ◽  
Experimental Testing ◽  
Morphing Wing ◽  
3D Printed

scholarly journals Sensing, Actuation, and Control of the SmartX Prototype Morphing Wing in the Wind Tunnel

Actuators ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 107
Author(s):  
Nakash Nazeer ◽  
Xuerui Wang ◽  
Roger M. Groves
Keyword(s):  
Wind Tunnel ◽  
Optical Fibers ◽  
Fiber Optic ◽  
Experimental Testing ◽  
Single Mode ◽  
Fiber Optic Sensor ◽  
Sensor Data ◽  
Random Errors ◽  
Morphing Wing ◽  
Actuator Dynamics

This paper presents a study on trailing edge deflection estimation for the SmartX camber morphing wing demonstrator. This demonstrator integrates the technologies of smart sensing, smart actuation and smart controls using a six module distributed morphing concept. The morphing sequence is brought about by two actuators present at both ends of each of the morphing modules. The deflection estimation is carried out by interrogating optical fibers that are bonded on to the wing’s inner surface. A novel application is demonstrated using this method that utilizes the least amount of sensors for load monitoring purposes. The fiber optic sensor data is used to measure the deflections of the modules in the wind tunnel using a multi-modal fiber optic sensing approach and is compared to the deflections estimated by the actuators. Each module is probed by single-mode optical fibers that contain just four grating sensors and consider both bending and torsional deformations. The fiber optic method in this work combines the principles of hybrid interferometry and FBG spectral sensing. The analysis involves an initial calibration procedure outside the wind tunnel followed by experimental testing in the wind tunnel. This method is shown to experimentally achieve an accuracy of 2.8 mm deflection with an error of 9%. The error sources, including actuator dynamics, random errors, and nonlinear mechanical backlash, are identified and discussed.

scholarly journals Finite Element Analysis of the Multilayered Honeycomb Composite Material Subjected to Impact Loading

2017 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 180-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raul Cormos ◽  
Horia Petrescu ◽  
Anton Hadar ◽  
Gorge Mihail Adir ◽  
Horia Gheorghiu
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Method ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Composite Material ◽  
Experimental Testing ◽  
Finite Element Models ◽  
The Finite Element Method ◽  
Low Velocity ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Element Simulation ◽  
Different Levels

The main purpose of this paper is the study the behavior of four multilayered composite material configurations subjected to different levels of low velocity impacts, in the linear elastc domain of the materials, using experimental testing and finite element simulation. The experimental results obtained after testing, are used to validate the finite element models of the four composite multilayered honeycomb structures, which makes possible the study, using only the finite element method, of these composite materials for a give application.

Development of Wire Actuated Monolithic Soft Gripper Positioned by Robot Manipulator

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael Barreto Gutierrez ◽  
Martin Garcia ◽  
Joan McDuffie ◽  
Courtney Long ◽  
Ayse Tekes
Keyword(s):  
Robot Manipulator ◽  
Compliant Mechanism ◽  
Experimental Testing ◽  
Service Robot ◽  
Servo Motor ◽  
Single Piece ◽  
Pick And Place ◽  
Grasping Force ◽  
3D Printed ◽  
The Right

Abstract This paper presents the design and development of a two fingered, monolithically designed compliant gripper mounted on a two-link robot. Rigid grippers traditionally designed by rigid links and joints might have low precision due to friction and backlash. The proposed gripper is designed as a single piece compliant mechanism consisted of several flexible links and actuated by wire through a servo motor. The gripper is attached to a two-link arm robot driven by three step motors. An additional servo motor can also rotate the base of the robot. While the robot is 3D printed using polylactic acid (PLA), the gripper is 3D printed in thermoplasticpolyurethane (TPU). Two force sensors are attached to the right and left ends of the gripper to measure grasping force. Experimental testing for grasping various objects having different sizes, shapes and weights is carried out to verify the robust performance of the proposed design. Through the experimentation, it’s been noted that the compliant gripper can successfully lift up objects at a maximum mass of 200 g and have a better performance if the objects’width is closer to the width of the gripper. The presented mechanism can be utilized as a service robot for elderly people to assist them pick and place objects or lift objects if equipped with necessary sensors.

scholarly journals Fresh and Hardened Properties of Extrusion-Based 3D-Printed Cementitious Materials: A Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (14) ◽  
pp. 5628
Author(s):  
Zhanzhao Li ◽  
Maryam Hojati ◽  
Zhengyu Wu ◽  
Jonathon Piasente ◽  
Negar Ashrafi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
3D Printing ◽  
Experimental Testing ◽  
Design Procedure ◽  
Cementitious Materials ◽  
Material Point ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Open Time ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
3D Printed ◽  
Hardened Properties

3D-printing of cementitious materials is an innovative construction approach with which building elements can be constructed without the use of formwork. Despite potential benefits in the construction industry, it introduces various engineering challenges from the material point of view. This paper reviews the properties of extrusion-based 3D-printed cementitious materials in both fresh and hardened states. Four main properties of fresh-state printing materials are addressed: flowability, extrudability, buildability, and open time, along with hardened properties, including density, compressive strength, flexural strength, tensile bond strength, shrinkage, and cracking. Experimental testing and effective factors of each property are covered, and a mix design procedure is proposed. The main objective of this paper is to provide an overview of the recent development in 3D-printing of cementitious materials and to identify the research gaps that need further investigation.

scholarly journals Numerical Simulation and Experimental Testing of Topologically Optimized PLA Cervical Implants Made by Additive Manufacturing Methodics

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-144
Author(s):  
Jozef Živčák ◽  
Radovan Hudák ◽  
Marek Schnitzer ◽  
Tomáš Kula
Keyword(s):  
Additive Manufacturing ◽  
Static Loading ◽  
Surgical Intervention ◽  
Experimental Testing ◽  
Axial Loading ◽  
Topological Optimization ◽  
Optimized Design ◽  
The Finite Element Method ◽  
3D Printed ◽  
Cervical Area

Abstract The article focuses on compressive axial loading experimental testing and simulations of topologically optimized design and additively manufactured cervical implants. The proposed platform design is based on anatomical and biomechanical requirements for application in the cervical area. Thanks to new ways of production, such as additive manufacturing, and new software possibilities in the field of structural analysis, which use the finite element method and analysis, it is possible to execute topological optimization of an implant in construction solution, which would be impossible to make by conventional methods. The contribution of this work lies in investigation of 3D printed PLA cervical implant usage in surgical intervention and creation of a numerical static loading modelling methodics and subsequent experimental confirmation of the modelling correctness.

Novel morphing wing actuator control-based Particle Swarm Optimisation

2019 ◽  
Vol 124 (1271) ◽  
pp. 55-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Khan ◽  
T. L. Grigorie ◽  
R. M. Botez ◽  
M. Mamou ◽  
Y. Mébarki
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Wind Tunnel ◽  
Experimental Model ◽  
Experimental Testing ◽  
Pressure Sensors ◽  
Particle Swarm ◽  
Particle Swarm Optimisation ◽  
Morphing Wing ◽  
Software Model ◽  
Actuation System

AbstractThe paper presents the design and experimental testing of the control system used in a new morphing wing application with a full-scaled portion of a real wing. The morphing actuation system uses four similar miniature brushless DC (BLDC) motors placed inside the wing, which execute a direct actuation of the flexible upper surface of the wing made from composite materials. The control system of each actuator uses three control loops (current, speed and position) characterised by five control gains. To tune the control gains, the Particle Swarm Optimisation (PSO) method is used. The application of the PSO method supposed the development of a MATLAB/Simulink® software model for the controlled actuator, which worked together with a software sub-routine implementing the PSO algorithm to find the best values for the five control gains that minimise the cost function. Once the best values of the control gains are established, the software model of the controlled actuator is numerically simulated in order to evaluate the quality of the obtained control system. Finally, the designed control system is experimentally validated in bench tests and wind-tunnel tests for all four miniature actuators integrated in the morphing wing experimental model. The wind-tunnel testing treats the system as a whole and includes, besides the evaluation of the controlled actuation system, the testing of the integrated morphing wing experimental model and the evaluation of the aerodynamic benefits brought by the morphing technology on this project. From this last perspective, the airflow on the morphing upper surface of the experimental model is monitored by using various techniques based on pressure data collection with Kulite pressure sensors or on infrared thermography camera visualisations.

Numerical Optimization and Experimental Testing of a Morphing Wing with Aileron System

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreea Koreanschi ◽  
Sugar Gabor Oliviu ◽  
Tristan Ayrault ◽  
Ruxandra M. Botez ◽  
Mahmoud Mamou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Optimization ◽  
Experimental Testing ◽  
Morphing Wing

scholarly journals Optimization of composite revolution shell by methods of theory of the optimal process

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 28-37
Author(s):  
A.P. Dzyuba ◽  
◽  
V.N. Sirenko ◽  
D.V. Klymenko ◽  
L.D. Levytina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Composite Material ◽  
Elastic Constants ◽  
Equations Of State ◽  
Experimental Testing ◽  
Necessary Optimality Conditions ◽  
Middle Surface ◽  
Variable Coefficients ◽  
Space Technology ◽  
Fiber Winding ◽  
Revolution Shell

We considered the problem of weight optimization of parameters of multi-layer composite shell produced by the method of continuous cross-winding under axisymmetric loading. Shell layers are placed symmetrically relative to the middle surface. The angles of the reinforcing material winding variable along the meridian and the thickness of layers are taken as the variation parameters. We propose an algorithm of the automated determination of the elastic constants of a composite material variable along the shell meridian anisotropy. The connection of the composite structure with the technological process of shell manufacturing by winding with a reinforcing tape under different angles to the axis of rotation is taken into account. The values of four elastic constants obtained as a result of experimental testing of witness specimens of the composite material along and orthogonal to the reinforcement are used as output. The equations of state of the moment theory of shells of the variable along the meridian orthotropy and wall thickness are obtained as a boundary value problem for a system of ordinary differential equations with variable coefficients. The use of the necessary optimality conditions in the form of the principle maximum of Pontryagin in the presence of arbitrary phrasal restraints made it possible to reduce the emerging multiparameter problem to a sequence of extreme problems of a significantly smaller dimension. This approach greatly simplifies taking into account the conditions of strength reliability, and technological and structural requirements of real design, and the process of finding an optimal project as a whole. The results of the optimization of a two-layer fiberglass shell of rotation are presented in the form of a change in the distribution of layers’ thickness and the glass fiber winding angle. Materials of research can be used to reduce the material consumption of structural elements in rocket and space technology and other branches.

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