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Publication date: 16 October 2023

Chenghu Li

This paper aims to study the influences of eccentricity on the fastener load and bearing strength of the eccentric connection in the aircraft structure.

Abstract

Purpose

This paper aims to study the influences of eccentricity on the fastener load and bearing strength of the eccentric connection in the aircraft structure.

Design/methodology/approach

The special experiment is designed for the researches. The fastener loads of the eccentric connection are gained by using the derived formulas and numerical analysis, and the fastener load rules is verified by the experiment. The bearing strength of the eccentric connection is investigated by the experiments under different eccentricities compared with that gained from the experiment.

Findings

The study results are summarized as follows. Magnitude of the fastener load in the eccentric connection is greatly affected by distance from the fastener to the centroid of the fastener cluster and that from the fastener to the concentrated load. With the increase of eccentricity of the homolateral concentrated load, the fastener load increases, and difference of the fastener loads becomes larger, forming the short plate effect of the bucket. It means that fastener with the maximum load (the shortest plate of the bucket) leads to decrease of the bearing strength of the eccentric connection (the capacity of the bucket).

Originality/value

The investigation on the influence of eccentricity on the bearing strength of eccentric connection is firstly presented. The vector expression of the fastener load in eccentric connection is firstly derived. And the influencing mechanism of the fastener load on the bearing strengths of the different eccentric connections is demonstrated. The study results can provide guidance for the structure design of the eccentric connection.

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Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, vol. 95 no. 10
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1748-8842

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Article
Publication date: 22 April 2020

Huahan Liu, Qiang Dong and Wei Jiang

The purpose of this paper is to present a new methodology, used for dynamic reliability analysis of a gear transmission system (GTS) of wind turbine (WT), which could be used for…

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to present a new methodology, used for dynamic reliability analysis of a gear transmission system (GTS) of wind turbine (WT), which could be used for assembly decision-making of the parts with errors to improve the GTS’s performance.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper involves the dynamic and dynamic reliability analysis of a GTS. The history curves of dynamic responses of the parts are obtained with the developed gear-bearing coupling dynamic model considering the random errors, failure dependency and random load. Then, the surrogate models of the mean and standard deviation of responses are presented by statistics, rain flow counting method and corrected-partial least squares regression response surface method. Further, a novel dynamic reliability model based on the maximum extreme theory, a theory of sequential statistics, equivalent principles and the inverse transform theory of random variable sampling, is developed to overcome the limitations of traditional methods.

Findings

The dynamic reliability of GTS considering the different impact factors are evaluated. The proposed reliability methodology not only overcomes the limitations associated with traditional approaches but also provides good guidance to assembly the parts in a GTS to its best performance.

Originality/value

Instead of constant errors, this paper considers the randomness of the impact factors to develop the dynamic reliability model. Further, instead of the limitation of the normal distribution of the random parameters in the traditional method, the proposed methodology can deal with the problems with non-normal distribution parameters, which is more suitable for the real engineering problems.

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Engineering Computations, vol. 37 no. 8
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0264-4401

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Article
Publication date: 18 January 2016

Jianjun Yao, Le Zhang, Shuo Chen, Zhenshuai Wan, Tao Wang and Qingtao Niu

The paper aims to achieve translational shaking tests on a 6-DOF hydraulic parallel manipulator. Shaking tests are commonly performed on shaking tables, which are generally used…

Abstract

Purpose

The paper aims to achieve translational shaking tests on a 6-DOF hydraulic parallel manipulator. Shaking tests are commonly performed on shaking tables, which are generally used for small motion ranges and are usually financially costly. The research is required to generate shaking motions in three translational directions for a specimen for shaking tests, but it also needs to produce 6-degree of freedom (DOF) motions with large motion ranges.

Design/methodology/approach

A hydraulic 6-DOF (degree of freedom) parallel manipulator is applied to achieve this goal. The link-space control is adopted for the manipulator, and PID controller and feed-forward controller are used for each loop of the system. A hybrid reference signal generator is proposed by using a shaking controller, which is developed to convert the shaking motion into position signal. The converted result is directly added to the pose signal. The whole real-time control system is realized by using MATLAB xPC Target.

Findings

The developed method is verified on the hydraulic 6-DOF parallel manipulator with specimen. Experiments show very promising results that the proposed technology is really applicable to perform translational shaking tests on the hydraulic parallel manipulator.

Originality/value

A simple yet efficient solution is proposed that allows shaking tests in three translational directions performed on the hydraulic 6-DOF parallel manipulator with wide motion ranges. The paper presents a state-of-the-art related to the applications of parallel robots in several fields of technology.

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Industrial Robot: An International Journal, vol. 43 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0143-991X

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Article
Publication date: 1 June 2010

Oscar Salgado, Oscar Altuzarra, Fernando Viadero and Alfonso Hernández

The purpose of this paper is to provide a general approach to compute, determine, and characterize the connectivity of the end‐effector of a robotic manipulator of arbitrary…

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to provide a general approach to compute, determine, and characterize the connectivity of the end‐effector of a robotic manipulator of arbitrary architecture, in any of the postures that it can reach.

Design/methodology/approach

The types of motion of this link, i.e. translational, screw motions, combinations thereof, and self‐motions, are first defined and determined, simplifying the understanding of the instantaneous behaviour of the manipulator, aided by the definition of an alternative input basis.

Findings

The characterization provided by this paper simplifies the understanding of the instantaneous behaviour of the manipulator. The mobility of the end‐effector is completely characterized by the principal screws of its motion, which can be obtained from a generalized eigenproblem. In the process, alternative demonstrations of well‐known properties of the principal screws are provided.

Research limitations/implications

The approach presented is focused on the kinetostatic analysis of manipulators, and therefore, subjected to rigid body assumption.

Practical implications

This paper proposes effective approaches for engineering analysis of robotic manipulators.

Originality/value

This approach is based on a pure theoretical kinematic analysis that can characterize computationally the motion that the end‐effector of an industrial robot of general morphology (i.e. serial, parallel, hybrid manipulators, complex mechanisms, redundant or non‐redundantly actuated). Also, being implemented on a general‐purpose software for the kinematic analysis of mechanisms, it provides visual information of the motion capabilities of the manipulator, highly valuable on its design stages.

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Engineering Computations, vol. 27 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0264-4401

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Article
Publication date: 1 February 2016

Xin Ye, Pan Liu, Zhijing Zhang, Chao Shao and Yan Li

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the sensitivity of the motion error parameters in microassembly process, thereby improving the assembly accuracy. The motion errors of the…

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the sensitivity of the motion error parameters in microassembly process, thereby improving the assembly accuracy. The motion errors of the precision motion stages directly affect the final assembly quality after the machine visual alignment.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper presents the error parameters of the in-house microassembly system with coaxial alignment function, builds the error transfer model by the multi-body system theory, analyzes the error sensitivity on the sensitive direction using the Sobol method, which was based on variance, and then gets the ones which made a great degree of influence. Before the sensitivity analyzing, parts of the error sources have been measured to obtain their distribution ranges.

Findings

The results of the sensitivity analysis by the Sobol method, which was based on variance, are coincident with the theoretical analysis. Besides, the results provide a reference for the error compensation in control process, for the selection of the precision motion stages and for the installation index of the motion stages of the assembly system with coaxial alignment.

Originality/value

This kind of error sensitivity analysis method is of great significance for improving the assembly accuracy after visual system positioning, and increasing efficiency from the initial motion stage selection to final error compensation for designers. It is suitable for general precision motion systems be of multi-degree of freedom, for the method of modeling, measuring and analyzing used in this paper are all universal and applicative.

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Assembly Automation, vol. 36 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0144-5154

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Article
Publication date: 9 August 2021

Lijun Chao, Zhi Xiong, Jianye Liu, Chuang Yang and Yudi Chen

To solve problems of low intelligence and poor robustness of traditional navigation systems, the purpose of this paper is to propose a brain-inspired localization method of the…

Abstract

Purpose

To solve problems of low intelligence and poor robustness of traditional navigation systems, the purpose of this paper is to propose a brain-inspired localization method of the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

Design/methodology/approach

First, the yaw angle of the UAV is obtained by modeling head direction cells with one-dimension continuous attractor neural network (1 D-CANN) and then inputs into 3D grid cells. After that, the motion information of the UAV is encoded as the firing of 3 D grid cells using 3 D-CANN. Finally, the current position of the UAV can be decoded from the neuron firing through the period-adic method.

Findings

Simulation results suggest that continuous yaw and position information can be generated from the conjunctive model of head direction cells and grid cells.

Originality/value

The proposed period-adic cell decoding method can provide a UAV with the 3 D position, which is more intelligent and robust than traditional navigation methods.

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Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, vol. 93 no. 7
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1748-8842

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Article
Publication date: 6 May 2014

Muhammad Juhairi Aziz Safar, Keigo Watanabe, Shoichi Maeyama and Isaku Nagai

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the stability behavior of the omnidirectional mobile robot with active dual-wheel caster (ADWC) assemblies and provide a stable trajectory…

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the stability behavior of the omnidirectional mobile robot with active dual-wheel caster (ADWC) assemblies and provide a stable trajectory without any tip-over incident. The omnidirectional mobile robot to be developed is for transporting cuboid-shaped objects.

Design/methodology/approach

The omnidirectional transport mobile robot is designed using an ADWC assemblies structure, the tip-over occurrence is estimated based on the support forces of an active footprint, the tip-over direction is predicted, the tip-over stability is enhanced to prevent the tip-over occurrence and a fast traveling motion is provided.

Findings

The omnidirectional mobile robot tends to tip-over more on the sides with small ranges of tip-over angle. The proposed method for estimating the tip-over occurrence and enhancing the stability using the gyroscopic torque device was feasible as the tip-over prevention system of the omnidirectional mobile robot with ADWC assemblies.

Originality/value

The research addresses the study of the tip-over stability for the omnidirectional mobile robot that possesses an active footprint. It also addresses the prediction of the tip-over occurrence using the derived dynamical model together with force-angle stability measure and the tip-over stability enhancement method using a single-gimbal control moment gyro device.

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International Journal of Intelligent Unmanned Systems, vol. 2 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 2049-6427

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Article
Publication date: 3 June 2019

Hua Liu, Weidong Zhu, Huiyue Dong and Yinglin Ke

To gain accurate support for large aircraft structures by ball joints in aircraft digital assembly, this paper aims to propose a novel approach based on visual servoing such that…

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Abstract

Purpose

To gain accurate support for large aircraft structures by ball joints in aircraft digital assembly, this paper aims to propose a novel approach based on visual servoing such that the positioner’s ball-socket can automatically and adaptively approach the ball-head fixed on the aircraft structures.

Design/methodology/approach

Image moments of circular marker labeled on the ball-head are selected as visual features to control the three translational degrees of freedom (DOFs) of the positioner, where the composite Jacobian matrix is full rank. Kalman–Bucy filter is adopted for its online estimation, which makes the control scheme more flexible without system calibration. A combination of proportional control with sliding mode control is proposed to improve the system stability and compensate uncertainties of the system.

Findings

The ball-socket can accurately and smoothly reach its desired position in a finite time (50 s). Positional deviations between the spherical centers of ball-head and ball-socket in the X-Y plane can be controlled within 0.05 mm which meets the design requirement.

Practical implications

The proposed approach has been integrated into the pose alignment system. It has shown great potential to be widely applied in the leading support for large aircraft structures in aircraft digital assembly.

Originality/value

An adaptive approach for accurate support of large aircraft structures is proposed, which possesses characteristics of high precision, high efficiency and excellent stability.

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Assembly Automation, vol. 39 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0144-5154

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Article
Publication date: 4 January 2008

O. Altuzarra, O. Salgado, V. Petuya and A. Hernández

This paper aims to provide tools for the complete Jacobian analysis of robotic manipulators of general topology, using a comprehensive velocity equation.

Abstract

Purpose

This paper aims to provide tools for the complete Jacobian analysis of robotic manipulators of general topology, using a comprehensive velocity equation.

Design/methodology/approach

First, a modelling process is made in order to build the velocity equation using simple constraint equations: i.e. length restriction, relative motion and rigid body constraints. Then the motion space is solved, i.e. the space that spans all feasible motions of the manipulator.

Findings

The velocity equation is comprehensive, i.e. it relates all kinematic variables, not only input and output. The Jacobian related to the comprehensive velocity equation is a square dimensionless matrix. This characteristic has great importance when evaluating manipulability or closeness to singularities. Employing the motion space, any kinematic entity can be studied: i.e. velocities and accelerations of any active/passive joints, screw axis, axodes, and so on. Also a comprehensive singularity analysis can be made.

Research limitations/implications

The approach presented is focused on the kinetostatic analysis of manipulators and, therefore, subjected to rigid body assumption.

Practical implications

The paper presents a proposal of effective codes for engineering analysis of manipulators.

Originality/value

This approach is based on a pure computational kinematic analysis that unifies all kinetostatic analysis for any manipulator topology (i.e. serial, parallel, hybrid manipulators, complex mechanisms, redundant‐or non‐redundant‐actuated). The characteristic Jacobian matrix is dimensionless and provides the means for a complete singularity analysis and an effective use of indicators.

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Engineering Computations, vol. 25 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0264-4401

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Article
Publication date: 4 December 2018

Xun Ma, Wubin Xu, Xueping Zhang and Fuyong Yang

This paper aims to investigate how form error of journal affects oil film characteristics, which are composed of several parameters including the maximum film pressure, film…

Abstract

Purpose

This paper aims to investigate how form error of journal affects oil film characteristics, which are composed of several parameters including the maximum film pressure, film moment, frictional coefficient and carrying-load capacity.

Design/methodology/approach

A new generalized equation based on the small displacement torsor theory is derived, as well as its capability of representing types of form error on the journal, using four specified parameters in a three-dimensional (3D) state. Based on the new generalized equation of form errors, the Reynolds equation is represented and solved numerically using the Swift–Stieber boundary condition.

Findings

The results show that the form errors of journal have significant influence on all oil film characteristics. However, the film moment remains nearly unchanged as film characteristics, especially eccentricity ratio, become large. All film characteristics investigated vary periodically as the form error. More importantly, it is found that the film pressure distribution transforms to an asymmetric shape along the axial direction of the bearing, no longer a symmetric shape in the case of two-dimensional (2D) form errors. It is necessary to substitute the 3D form error model, which takes the variations of the film characteristics in axial direction into account, for the 2D model in the designing stage of journal bearings.

Originality/value

First, the effect of the form error of the journal on the performance of hydrodynamic journal bearings is studied in the view of the film characteristics systematically. Secondly, the new generalized equation of form error, derived by SDT theory, is capable of representing any types of form error on the journal, not only representing one type of form error merely.

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Industrial Lubrication and Tribology, vol. 71 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0036-8792

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