ISSN:
1013-9826
Source:
Scientific.Net: Materials Science & Technology / Trans Tech Publications Archiv 1984-2008
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
The fluidic muscle cylinder consists of an air bellows tube, flanges and lock nuts. Itsfeatures are softness of material and motion, simplicity of structure, low production cost and highpower efficiency. Recently, unlike the pneumatic cylinder, the fluidic muscle cylinder without airleakage, stick slip, friction or seals was developed as a new concept actuator. It has characteristicssuch as light weight, low price, high response, durable design, long life, high power and highcontraction. In this study, we carried out finite element modeling and analysis on the main designvariables such as contraction ratio and force, and diameter increment of the fluidic muscle cylinder.On the basis of finite element analysis, the prototype fluidic muscle cylinder was fabricated andtested. Finally, we compared the test results with the finite element analysis
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://www.tib-hannover.de/fulltexts/2011/0528/01/52/transtech_doi~10.4028%252Fwww.scientific.net%252FKEM.326-328.119.pdf
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