scholarly journals Shaking-Table Control Taking Account of Reaction Force : Two-Degree-of Freedom Controller Design of Hydraulic Shaking System Focused on Reaction Force(Mechanical Systems)

2009 ◽  
Vol 75 (759) ◽  
pp. 2909-2916 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koji HIRONAKA ◽  
Jun MIURA ◽  
Kouichirou HORIGUCHI ◽  
Yasutaka TAGAWA
Author(s):  
Alexandre Lecours ◽  
Cle´ment Gosselin

A reactionless mechanism is one which does not exert any reaction force or moment on its base at all times, for any arbitrary trajectory of the mechanism. This paper addresses the static and dynamic balancing of a two-degree-of-freedom parallel planar mechanism (five-bar mechanism). A simple and effective adaptive balancing method is presented that allows the mechanism to maintain the reactionless condition for a range of payloads. Important proofs concerning the balancing of five-bar mechanisms are also presented. The design of a real mechanism where parallelogram linkages are used to produce pure translations at the end-effector is also presented. Finally, using dynamic simulation software, it is shown that the mechanism is reactionless for arbitrarily chosen trajectories and for a variety of payloads.


Author(s):  
R. J. Henderson ◽  
J. K. Raine

Parts 1 and 2 of this paper gave a design overview and described the dynamics of a prototype two-degree-of-freedom pneumatic suspension for an ambulance stretcher. This concluding part briefly reviews laboratory shaker table and ambulance road test performance of the suspension with passive pneumatic damping. The suspension system is found to offer compact low-cost isolation with lower natural frequencies than achieved in earlier mechanical systems.


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