L. Yang, Hong Zhang, Yang Song, Wenzhou Chen, Youming Chen
{"title":"Study on multibody contact load distribution characteristics of scraper conveying system of continuous miner","authors":"L. Yang, Hong Zhang, Yang Song, Wenzhou Chen, Youming Chen","doi":"10.1139/tcsme-2023-0017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/tcsme-2023-0017","url":null,"abstract":"Understanding the interaction of scraper chain-sprocket-tail drum-chain path is of great significance to improve the transportation efficiency and service life of the intermediate scraper conveying system of fully mechanized excavation equipment. The dynamic characteristics of the internal tension, running resistance and multi-contact interface load of the scraper chain are the theoretical basis of the research. Firstly, a method for obtaining periodic cyclic dynamic load history is proposed, and then the model of single chain scraper conveyor for continuous shearer is constructed by using RecurDyn and simulation structure. Finally, the influence of parameters such as conveying inclination angle and running speed of sleeve scraper chain on the reliable operation of conveying system is determined. The results show that when the conveying angle is 12 °, the scraper conveying system runs stably and the impact between multi-rigid bodies is small. As the chain speed increases from 0.85 m / s to 2.4 m / s, the wear of the conveying system gradually increases, and the contact load distribution of the upper chain plate 2, the upper chain plate 3 and the lower chain plate 3 is seriously worn.","PeriodicalId":23285,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42592935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zengguang Liu, Benguo Zhang, Liejiang Wei, Daling Yue, Lu Ren, Liqiang Su, Yuyang Zhao
{"title":"Research on reducing flow shock of the digital hydraulic wind turbine","authors":"Zengguang Liu, Benguo Zhang, Liejiang Wei, Daling Yue, Lu Ren, Liqiang Su, Yuyang Zhao","doi":"10.1139/tcsme-2022-0167","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/tcsme-2022-0167","url":null,"abstract":"The wind turbine with digital hydraulic transmission can make the corresponding hydraulic pump work according to the wind speed, so that the hydraulic wind turbine can maintain high efficiency in the whole working wind speed. However, the switching of different displacement hydraulic pumps will cause a large flow impact on the hydraulic system of the wind turbine, affecting the working characteristics of the wind turbine and the absorption of wind energy. Based on the analysis of the working principle of the digital hydraulic wind turbine, the scheme of 5MW wind turbine is designed and the AMESim modele is established. The dynamic characteristics of the digital hydraulic wind turbine under two switching modes are compared. An advance valve closing control strategy is proposed to reduce the instantaneous flow impact. Simulation results show that the control strategy diminished the system flow shock by about 50% when switching the hydraulic pump. Finally, a hardware-in-loop system of 5.5kW digital hydraulic turbine is built to verify the effectiveness of the proposed control strategy. The research results provide a theoretical basis and technical reference for the efficient utilization of wind energy and stable operation of the digital hydraulic wind turbines.","PeriodicalId":23285,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49144404","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analysis of Kinematic Characteristics of 2-P(RPS+UPS) Parallel Mechanism with Six Degrees of Freedom","authors":"Yu Wang, Xuejian Ma, Yundou Xu, Jiabin Wu, Jiantao Yao, Yongsheng Zhao","doi":"10.1139/tcsme-2022-0156","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/tcsme-2022-0156","url":null,"abstract":"At present, there is an increasing demand for the workspace required for assembly of components, and a parallel mechanism with large workspace is urgently needed to make up for it. Therefore, in this paper, a 2-P(RPS+UPS) parallel mechanism (where S, P, R, and U represent spherical, prismatic, revolute, and universal joints) with four branched chains and six degrees of freedom is proposed and its kinematic characteristics are analyzed. First, the speed of the 2-P(RPS+UPS) parallel mechanism is numerically derived and verified by simulation using ADAMS software. Then, the motion decoupling characteristics of the mechanism are analyzed from the expression of the speed and position relationship between the input and output of the mechanism. To minimize the force on each branch in the workspace, scale optimization of the 2-P(RPS+UPS) mechanism and the Stewart mechanism is performed. Further, analysis of the dexterity, singularity, and workspace of the 2-P(RPS+UPS) mechanism are conducted, and the performance of the mechanism is compared with that of the Stewart mechanism. The proposed parallel mechanism has fewer branches, a simple kinematic model, strong motion decoupling, high bearing capacity, a large workspace, and a low initial position height. Moreover, it can be conveniently transported and stored. Therefore, it has good application prospects in assembly and posture adjustment scenes requiring large workspace.","PeriodicalId":23285,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41421545","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Simulating Polymer Drag Reduction Using a Modified Mixing Length in Zero Pressure Gradient","authors":"Joshua White, Gordon Holloway, T. Jeans","doi":"10.1139/tcsme-2022-0183","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/tcsme-2022-0183","url":null,"abstract":"It is known that a small concentration of polymer introduced to the boundary layer can produce significant drag reduction for liquid flows. This effect has been studied extensively for internal flow and polymer injection in external flow. More recently, select external flow research has focused on drag reduction for ships where polymer is introduced by ablation of surface coatings. The present article introduces a simple yet effective model for simulating polymer in the boundary layer. That is a step toward a practical methodology for simulating the effect of ablative polymer paint. For the case of zero pressure gradient boundary layers, measured polymer drag reduction can be closely reproduced, to less than 10% error, by modifying the empirical von K'arm'an and van Driest constants in the simple mixing length turbulence model. Potential avenues for implementation in standard commercially available CFD solvers are explored.","PeriodicalId":23285,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49396951","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A doubt–confirmation-based visual detection method for foreign object debris aided by assembly models","authors":"Feifei Kong, Delong Zhao, Fuzhou Du","doi":"10.1139/tcsme-2022-0143","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/tcsme-2022-0143","url":null,"abstract":"Foreign object debris (FOD) impacts significantly on the quality control during product assembly because it usually causes product failure. The vision-based method as a nondestructive and efficient technology has become an important approach to FOD detection. However, it faces two important challenges: (1) inexhaustible types (almost any object can become FOD) and (2) unpredictable locations (FOD can appear almost anywhere on surface of a product). Therefore, this paper proposes an FOD visual detection method based on doubt–confirmation strategy and aided by assembly models. Firstly, a coarse-to-fine method is designed for feature extraction and registration to align the test image with the reference image. Then, to solve the unpredictable location problem, different types of suspected FOD are extracted from the test image by a combined method of supervision and nonsupervision. Finally, to solve the inexhaustible type problem, an image comparison method based on a Histogram of Line Direction Angle is proposed, and re-recognition rules of suspected FOD established to complete the final discrimination. Experiments are conducted on a product with complex shape, and the results demonstrate the effectiveness and efficiency of our approach.","PeriodicalId":23285,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43089216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Haseeb Ali, Fayyaz Alam, K. Akhtar, Muhammad Azed Abbas, Nasir Shah, Faraz Ahmad, Sahar Noor
{"title":"NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF MICROCHANNEL HEAT SINK WITH NOVEL OGIVE SHAPE RIBS","authors":"Haseeb Ali, Fayyaz Alam, K. Akhtar, Muhammad Azed Abbas, Nasir Shah, Faraz Ahmad, Sahar Noor","doi":"10.1139/tcsme-2022-0180","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/tcsme-2022-0180","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, three-dimensional numerical conjugate heat transfer modeling is used to investigate the thermal and hydraulic characteristics of the microchannel heat sink (MCHS) with different configurations of novel ogive shape ribs on channel walls. It was found that new proposed MCHS configurations with ogive ribs have a high Nusselt number as compared to the smooth microchannel heat sink because ogive ribs enhance the heat dissipation between channel walls and fluid by continuously interrupting the thermal boundary layer development. MCHS configuration with ogive ribs mounted on bottom wall improves the Nusselt number of smooth MCHS by 1.13-1.87 times, while MCHS with ogive ribs mounted on both side walls and MCHS with ogive ribs mounted on bottom channel wall improve Nusselt number by 1.12-1.70 and 1.08-1.59 times respectively at Re 100-1000. In terms of thermal enhancement factor criterion, the MCHS with ogive ribs on side walls shows superior performance at Re 100-300 and has the highest thermal enhancement factor. While MCHS with ogive ribs on bottom wall outperformed other configurations in terms of thermal enhancement factor at Reynold numbers greater than 300. A maximum thermal enhancement factor of 1.42 is reported for MCHS with bottom wall ribs ogive at Re=1000.","PeriodicalId":23285,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42383931","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Sherratt, M. Ghazimoradi, J. Montesano, A. Straatman, C. DeGroot, F. Henning
{"title":"A Model for Permeability in Fibre Reinforced Plastics","authors":"A. Sherratt, M. Ghazimoradi, J. Montesano, A. Straatman, C. DeGroot, F. Henning","doi":"10.1139/tcsme-2022-0084","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/tcsme-2022-0084","url":null,"abstract":"Increased use of continuous fibre reinforced plastics (CoFRP) is being seen in the automotive industry due to their high strength specific properties. The manufacturing process, however, is still expensive due to the number of critical steps and material cost. Cost reduction is being combated by computational modeling of the infiltration and curing process to predict void formation and other potential defects. The accuracy of these simulations is highly dependent on capturing the presence of the carbon sheets in the mold due to the large differences in permeability between flow parallel and normal to the fibre tows. This work presents a geometry based method for locally orienting the fibre and thickness direction for 2D extruded CoFRP components. The capabilities of these methods will be presented by comparing the fibre orientation prediction for two geometries (i.e., hat channel and double dome) using 3 difference draping schemes (i.e., 0°, 45°, 90°) against the results of a validated draping simulation developed in LS-DYNA.","PeriodicalId":23285,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45542327","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Honghong Yan, Xiaoyu Li, Zheng Fu, Zhiwei Bai, Hong Zhang
{"title":"Uniform exhaust characteristics of new-type airbox components of continuous miner","authors":"Honghong Yan, Xiaoyu Li, Zheng Fu, Zhiwei Bai, Hong Zhang","doi":"10.1139/tcsme-2022-0096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/tcsme-2022-0096","url":null,"abstract":"When the dust removal system of the continuous mining machine works, the exhaust air volume cannot meet the design requirements due to the different pressure and uneven air speed in the exhaust duct. These will lead to an increase in the energy consumption of the fan. In this paper, the uniform exhaust mathematical model was established. A novel resistance plate member was developed on the basis of a uniform exhaust pipe with variable cross sections. The uniform exhaust characteristics of two different exhaust ducts were discussed. The influence of adding a resistance plate on the vibration characteristics of airbox components was analyzed. The results show that adding resistance plate members could significantly reduce the airflow resistance, deviation, and unevenness of the exhaust rate. When the excitation frequency is 130 Hz, the vibration response of the airbox components is stronger, and operation at this frequency should be avoided.","PeriodicalId":23285,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41763513","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Residual life prediction of aluminum alloy plates under cyclic loading using an integrated prognosis method","authors":"Talaz Baral, Sajad Saraygord Afshari, Xihui Liang","doi":"10.1139/tcsme-2023-0010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/tcsme-2023-0010","url":null,"abstract":"Structures under cyclical loading are prone to fatigue-induced cracks. These cracks reduce structures’ residual life and increase their risk of failure. Historically, engineers have used degradation models like Paris’ law to estimate crack length when planning repair and maintenance on such structures. In this study, we developed a method to estimate Paris’ law parameters that are useful for predicting the fatigue life of 2024-T3 aluminum alloy plates under cyclic loading. A new optimization model is developed to estimate Paris’ law parameters’ mean and standard deviation. The research also considers the case in which the magnitude of the applied load is unavailable. Using Bayesian updating, the optimized parameters are further updated based on condition monitoring data to increase crack length estimation accuracy. The proposed method is validated with the help of Virkler crack propagation data for an aluminum alloy plate. According to the validation results, the average error in structure’s lifetime prediction based on crack length is 1.5% when the crack reaches 71% of the failure threshold.","PeriodicalId":23285,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44404741","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An in vitro experiment for remote health monitoring of implanted cardiac pacemakers using Petri nets","authors":"Shang-Kuo Yang, Chih-Min Yang, Kai-Jung Chen","doi":"10.1139/tcsme-2023-0035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/tcsme-2023-0035","url":null,"abstract":"For heart disease patients with an implanted artificial pacemaker, monitoring the operational status of the pacemaker is a crucial and challenging issue. This study aims to design a transcutaneous optic telemetry (TOT) system that transmits light signals from a human body through the skin to a receiving circuit and carries pacemaker status information via the light signals to achieve transcutaneous telemetry. Petri net method is used to analyze the simulated pacemaker. Petri nets are constructed to illustrate the process of the pacemaker. Furthermore, the Petri nets for the process with four checkpoints deployed on the pacemaker are also constructed. The TOT system uses near-infrared signals generated by a light-emitting diode as a transmission medium, and the Pork skin animal model is used to validate the TOT system's feasibility and efficiency. The correct sequence of checkpoints determines the normal state of the pacemaker, and the information from these checkpoints is transmitted in vitro for interpretation through the TOT system. This study designed and implemented the TOT system. Experiments showed that the TOT system's design is effective in transmitting the checkpoints information through the pigskin layer without any significant interference. The results proved that the TOT system can transmit checkpoints information outside the body to achieve the transcutaneous telemetry diagnosis of the pacemaker. This study provides an alternative means to surgical operation for implanted pacemakers examination.","PeriodicalId":23285,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48394881","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}