The optimization of fire robot axle in axle size based on dynamic strength and material cost
The axle of robot always afford complex load in a high dynamic vibration, the statics strength cannot take enough safety factor, and a larger safety factor would waste the material cost. In this paper, a new optimization function which takes consideration to the dynamic strength and material cost is derived. The dynamic strength has been discussed, a dynamic simulation modle based on FEA has also been bulid, the simulation results showed the boundary conditions of the optimization, the relationship between dynamic strength and axle size which was highly nonlinear, was simplized as a approximated sine function. The material cost factor is simplified to the mess of the axle. And all the factors in the optimization plently funtion were normalized, and the 3D graphic of the funtion has been draw, the extremum point of the optimization function, which was the most appropriate sizes of the axle, was found by the Matlab.
An Application of MATLAB in Optimization Design of Parallel Robot Mechanism's Physical Dimension
To problems on optimization design of parallel robot mechanism's physical dimension, a method using MATLAB and its optimization toolbox instead of that the traditional programming is put forward. With its simple programming and easily modify ,the method can solve optimal value and has extensive prospects in application in this field.
Numerical analysis and experimental observation of guidewire motion in a blood vessel model.
We have developed a computer-based system to simulate a guidewire in blood vessels for surgical planning, intra-operative assistance, and to facilitate the design of new guidewires. In this study, we compared simulation results with experimental results for validation of the simulation system. First, we inserted a commercial guidewire into a poly (vinyl alcohol) hydrogel blood vessel model using a two-axis automatic stage and measured the position of the guidewire tip and the contact force between the guidewire and the vessel. The experimental apparatus can be used not only for the validation of numerical analyses, but also as a simulation system. Second, similarly to the experiment, the motion of the guidewire in the blood vessel model was calculated when the proximal part of the guidewire model was pushed and twisted. The model of the guidewire is constructed with viscoelastic springs and segments, and the proximal part of the guidewire model is constrained by the fixed catheter model. Collisions between the guidewire and the vessel are calculated, and the contact forces are determined according to the stiffness of the vessel wall. The same tendency was seen in the trajectories and the contact force of both the experimental and simulated guidewire tips.