A Compliant Contact Model Including Interference Geometry for Polyhedral Objects

2005 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 150-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lianzhen Luo ◽  
Meyer Nahon

Modeling of contact with the environment is an essential capability for the simulation of space robotics system, which includes tasks such as berthing and docking. The effect of interbody contact on the robotic system has to be determined to predict potential problems in the design cycle. A compliant contact dynamics model is proposed here that considers most possible contact situations for a wide diversity of possible object shapes and using interference geometry information. A uniform formula is provided to determine the contact force as a function of geometric parameters and material properties. A corresponding geometric algorithm is provided in order to obtain the necessary geometric parameters. Some simulation results are presented based on the implementation of the geometric algorithm.

Author(s):  
Lianzhen Luo ◽  
Meyer Nahon

Modeling of contact with the environment is an essential capability for the simulation of space robotics system, which includes tasks such as berthing and docking. The effect of interbody contact on the robotics system has to be determined to predict potential problems in the design cycle. A compliant contact dynamics model is proposed here, which considers most possible contact situations for a wide diversity of possible object shapes and using interference geometry information. A uniform formula is provided to determine the contact force as a function of geometric parameters and material properties. A corresponding geometric algorithm is provided in order to obtain the necessary geometric parameters. Some simulation results are presented based on the implementation of the geometric algorithm.


2012 ◽  
Vol 190-191 ◽  
pp. 177-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qi Chen ◽  
Kang Huang ◽  
Han Zhao ◽  
Yan Zhang

Contact tangential stiffness is an important parameter affecting the dynamics performance of contact bodies. To accurately calculate contact tangential stiffness between two cylinders’ joint interfaces, the fractal model of contact tangential stiffness between two cylinders’ joint interfaces is established based on the reasonable expansion of the existing fractal model and the early stage of research results. Simulation results by the software MATLAB show that: this model can correctly reflect the conclusion influenced by the parameters of fractal dimension, roughness amplitude and material properties parameters, so the model is improved true in theory. The establishment of the model laids the foundation for the following calculation of contact tangential stiffness about gears and cylindrical bearings and gives a new theory supplements to contact dynamics research.


2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammadreza Kasaei ◽  
Ali Ahmadi ◽  
Nuno Lau ◽  
Artur Pereira

AbstractBiped robots are inherently unstable because of their complex kinematics as well as dynamics. Despite many research efforts in developing biped locomotion, the performance of biped locomotion is still far from the expectations. This paper proposes a model-based framework to generate stable biped locomotion. The core of this framework is an abstract dynamics model which is composed of three masses to consider the dynamics of stance leg, torso, and swing leg for minimizing the tracking problems. According to this dynamics model, we propose a modular walking reference trajectories planner which takes into account obstacles to plan all the references. Moreover, this dynamics model is used to formulate the controller as a Model Predictive Control (MPC) scheme which can consider some constraints in the states of the system, inputs, outputs, and also mixed input-output. The performance and the robustness of the proposed framework are validated by performing several numerical simulations using MATLAB. Moreover, the framework is deployed on a simulated torque-controlled humanoid to verify its performance and robustness. The simulation results show that the proposed framework is capable of generating biped locomotion robustly.


Metals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 954
Author(s):  
Hailong Wang ◽  
Wenping Deng ◽  
Tao Zhang ◽  
Jianhua Yao ◽  
Sujuan Wang

Material properties affect the surface finishing in ultra-precision diamond cutting (UPDC), especially for aluminum alloy 6061 (Al6061) in which the cutting-induced temperature rise generates different types of precipitates on the machined surface. The precipitates generation not only changes the material properties but also induces imperfections on the generated surface, therefore increasing surface roughness for Al6061 in UPDC. To investigate precipitate effect so as to make a more precise control for the surface quality of the diamond turned Al6061, it is necessary to confirm the compositions and material properties of the precipitates. Previous studies have indicated that the major precipitate that induces scratch marks on the diamond turned Al6061 is an AlFeSi phase with the composition of Al86.1Fe8.3Si5.6. Therefore, in this paper, to study the material properties of the AlFeSi phase and its influences on ultra-precision machining of Al6061, an elastoplastic-damage model is proposed to build an elastoplastic constitutive model and a damage failure constitutive model of Al86.1Fe8.3Si5.6. By integrating finite element (FE) simulation and JMatPro, an efficient method is proposed to confirm the physical and thermophysical properties, temperature-phase transition characteristics, as well as the stress–strain curves of Al86.1Fe8.3Si5.6. Based on the developed elastoplastic-damage parameters of Al86.1Fe8.3Si5.6, FE simulations of the scratch test for Al86.1Fe8.3Si5.6 are conducted to verify the developed elastoplastic-damage model. Al86.1Fe8.3Si5.6 is prepared and scratch test experiments are carried out to compare with the simulation results, which indicated that, the simulation results agree well with those from scratch tests and the deviation of the scratch force in X-axis direction is less than 6.5%.


2011 ◽  
Vol 328-330 ◽  
pp. 2108-2112
Author(s):  
Jing Shuang Lu ◽  
Chun Mei Du ◽  
Rui Zhou ◽  
Na Li

A simple dynamics model is established based on the two-link flexible manipulator moving within the vertical plane, and a robust simple control scheme is put forward. The advantages of this scheme are simple and good robustness. Only the error signal is needed when designing the control scheme and the acquirement of control signal does not depend on the system model. The simulation results show that this method has a good robustness and stability.


Author(s):  
Michael M. Tiller ◽  
Jonathan A. Dantzig

Abstract In this paper we discuss the design of an object-oriented framework for simulation and optimization. Although oriented around high-level problem solving, the framework defines several classes of problems and includes concrete implementations of common algorithms for solving these problems. Simulations are run by combining these algorithms, as needed, for a particular problem. Included in this framework is the capability to compute the sensitivity of simulation results to the different simulation parameters (e.g. material properties, boundary conditions, etc). This sensitivity information is valuable in performing optimization because it allows the use of gradient-based optimization algorithms. Also included in the system are many useful abstractions and implementations related to the finite element method.


Author(s):  
S. C¸ag˘lar Bas¸lamıs¸lı ◽  
Selim Solmaz

In this paper, a control oriented rational tire model is developed and incorporated in a two-track vehicle dynamics model for the prospective design of vehicle dynamics controllers. The tire model proposed in this paper is an enhancement over previous rational models which have taken into account only the peaking and saturation behavior disregarding all other force generation characteristics. Simulation results have been conducted to compare the dynamics of a vehicle model equipped with a Magic Formula tire model, a rational tire model available in the literature and the present rational tire model. It has been observed that the proposed tire model results in vehicle responses that closely follow those obtained with the Magic Formula even for extreme driving scenarios conducted on roads with low adhesion coefficient.


2005 ◽  
Vol 875 ◽  
Author(s):  
E.H. Tan ◽  
L.Z. Sun

AbstractBased on the physical background, a new dislocation dynamics model fully incorporating the interaction among differential dislocation segments is developed to simulate 3D dislocation motion in crystals. As the numerical simulation results demonstrate, this new model completely solves the long-standing problem that simulation results are heavily dependent on dislocation-segment lengths in the classical dislocation dynamics theory. The proposed model is applied to simulate the effect of dislocations on the mechanical performance of thin films. The interactions among the dislocation loops, free surface and interfaces are rigorously computed by a decomposition method. This framework can be used to simulate how a surface loop evolves into two threading dislocations and to determine the critical thickness of thin films. Furthermore, the relationship between the film thickness and yield strength is established and compared with the conventional Hall-Petch relation.


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