{"title":"Research on gear fault diagnosis method based on SSA–VME–MOMEDA","authors":"Yangshou Xiong, Zhixian Yan, K. Huang, Huan Chen","doi":"10.1139/tcsme-2022-0093","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/tcsme-2022-0093","url":null,"abstract":"As a common mechanical part, gear is easy to be damaged because of its complex working environment, which can impact the running of the whole transmission device. Thus, it is very important to evaluate the health of gears in time. A gear fault diagnosis method based on multipoint optimal minimum entropy deconvolution adjusted (MOMEDA) and variational modal extraction (VME) is proposed to solve the problem that the periodic fault features of gears are difficult to be completely extracted from signals. Meanwhile, sparrow search algorithm (SSA) is introduced to optimize the initial parameters of VME and MOMEDA. First, SSA serves to hunt for the best α of VME, VME serves to obtain the signal near the gear fault frequency, and then SSA serves to hunt for the best L and T values of MOMEDA, and MOMEDA serves to strengthen the gear impact features. Finally, the gear impact features are extracted by envelope spectrum. Simulation and experiment show that this method can extract gear fault components from noise effectively with good results.","PeriodicalId":23285,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-02-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49027599","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":"THE EFFECT OF PIERCING AND DRILLING PROCESSES ON BURR FORMATION AND DELAMINATION OF AGED CARBON AND ARAMID FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES","authors":"K. E. Engin, A. Kaya, Mahmut Tandogan","doi":"10.1139/tcsme-2022-0150","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/tcsme-2022-0150","url":null,"abstract":"There are two major problems with Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) composites during their machining that need to be addressed. The first concern is the delamination and formation of burrs at machined edges, and the second is the effects of aging leading to mechanical deterioration. In this study, Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) and Aramid Fiber Reinforced Polymer (AFRP) composites are manufactured by vacuum infusion method and aged for two years under natural environmental conditions. Piercing with three different clearances (1%, 5% and 10% of sheet thickness) and speed of 4m.s-1 are performed. Additionally, conventional drilling is carried out with a feed rate of 0.2 m/min, respectively. The highest delamination factor difference between piercing and drilling processes were calculated as 7.3% and 13.9% for CFRP and AFRP, respectively. The highest burr amounts for AFRP and CFRP composites are obtained as 91.5% and 39% at 10% clearance for piercing process whereas 123% and 32.1% for drilling process, respectively. Compared to drilling, piercing generates less burr formation except for CFRP composites in case of 10% clearance and more precise hole production. It is understood that piercing results significantly improves when smaller clearances up to 5% of the sheet thickness are utilized.","PeriodicalId":23285,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44910478","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}
Yan Guo, Xuhui Liao, H. Meng, F. Dong, Shang-Kuo Yang
{"title":"Design, modeling and simulation of a novel transducer for vibration energy recovery system of speed bump","authors":"Yan Guo, Xuhui Liao, H. Meng, F. Dong, Shang-Kuo Yang","doi":"10.1139/tcsme-2022-0064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/tcsme-2022-0064","url":null,"abstract":"Based on the designed vibration energy recovery system of speed bump, the structure and principle of a novel transducer are introduced in this paper, which is an important part of the system. AMEsim simulation software was used to study the characteristics of the transducer, and the feasibility of the transducer design was verified through modeling and analysis of the dual-cylinder transducer. The coupling model of vehicle speed bump and transducer was analyzed, the dynamic differential equation was listed, and the decoupling operation was carried out. On the basis of the above, Matlab/Simulink was used to establish the model simulation, and the time-domain responses of displacement, velocity and acceleration of the vibration of the car body, wheel and transducer in the coupling model system were analyzed. The control variable method was used to further explore the time-domain response of vehicle acceleration in the coupling system only when the vehicle speed changes or the transducer damping changes. Finally, the vibration energy recovery system of the speed bump was built, and the preliminary test proved that the transducer can realize its function.","PeriodicalId":23285,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48590117","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":"Energy Harvesting Optimization Using 2-dimensional Car Suspension System Actuated by a Sawtooth Speed Bump","authors":"M. Chiu, M. Karkoub, M. Her","doi":"10.1139/tcsme-2022-0137","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/tcsme-2022-0137","url":null,"abstract":"In this work, an optimal suspension system is proposed to reduce the oscillations/vibrations of the car body and harvest some of the induced vibration energy. The usual shock absorbers are replaced with energy harvesters capable of not only absorbing vibrations for ride comfort, but also regenerate electrical energy for onboard use. To investigate the efficiency of the proposed harvesters, the input to the vehicle wheels is assumed to come from a sawtooth shaped speed bump or rumble speed strip. Also, given the coupling between the various degrees of freedom of the car (heave, pitch, etc.), a half-car model is adopted in the derivation of the equations of motion. To maximize the amount of energy harvested, the design parameters of the harvesters are obtained using the Simulated Annealing optimization technique with four objective functions. Many of the design parameters, including magnet size, coil turns, and coil layers, are adjusted during the optimization process. Constant and accelerated motions are considered in this study to maximize the Generated Electricity index (GE) and Ride Comfort Efficiency (RCE). The simulation results showed that the optimized harvesters were able to regenerate a significant amount of energy while maintaining an acceptable ride comfort level.","PeriodicalId":23285,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47780856","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 comparative study of inverse dynamics in a spatial redundantly actuated parallel mechanism constrained by two point-contact higher kinematic pairs","authors":"Chen Cheng, Xiaojing Yuan, Yanjie Chen","doi":"10.1139/tcsme-2022-0119","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/tcsme-2022-0119","url":null,"abstract":"A life-sized spatial redundantly actuated parallel mechanism (RAPM) constrained by two point-contact higher kinematic pairs (HKPs) has been designed, inspired by the mastication of human beings. To facilitate its real-time control in practice, an accurate inverse dynamics model is built in this paper. Firstly, its constrained motions are described, thereafter three dynamics methods, i.e., Newton-Euler’s law, the Lagrangian equations and the principle of virtual work, respectively, are used to explore its rigid-body inverse dynamics. Symbolic results show that model structures based on these approaches are quite different. The model via Newton-Euler’s law well reflects the nature of the mechanism in terms of the constraint forces at HKPs, while those from the latter two methods do not contain them. Despite this, the actuating torques from these three models are identical. The comparisons between the dynamics models of the RAPM and its counterpart free of HKPs clarify that the constraints at HKPs greatly alter the model structures and numerical results, and the computational difficulties are considerably larger in the models of the RAPM.","PeriodicalId":23285,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49529047","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}
Nivin Joy, A. M, Jayaprabakar Jayaraman, V. Jayaprakash, Sahaya Susmi, P. Bency
{"title":"The effects of nanoparticles as a biodiesel ingredient on the performance of a VCR diesel engine","authors":"Nivin Joy, A. M, Jayaprabakar Jayaraman, V. Jayaprakash, Sahaya Susmi, P. Bency","doi":"10.1139/tcsme-2022-0077","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/tcsme-2022-0077","url":null,"abstract":"The combustion, efficiency, and emission properties of a single-cylinder variable compression ratio diesel engine are examined in this research (B100A30C30). To create a homogeneous solution, the ultrasonicator is used in conjunction with a 30 part per million (ppm) concentration of Silicon Carbide (SiC) and Carbon Nanotubes(CNT),two common nanoparticles found in fuel combinations. The increased mixing and chemical reactivity offered by nanoparticles' greater surface area to volume ratio during combustion has improved the combustion, performance, and emission characteristics of diesel engines. The engine with nanoparticles (B20A30C30) has a thermal efficiency of braking that is 20 % higher than the engine with regular particles (B100). Following that, nitrogen oxide emissions reduced by 38%, carbon monoxide emissions by 68%, hydrocarbon emissions by 52%, and smoke emissions by 48%.","PeriodicalId":23285,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43490122","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}
Xiaoming Yuan, Weiqi Wang, Xuan Zhu, Bing Du, Lijie Zhang
{"title":"Analysis on parametric vibration of hydraulic opposing cylinders controlled by a servo valve considering pressure pulsation","authors":"Xiaoming Yuan, Weiqi Wang, Xuan Zhu, Bing Du, Lijie Zhang","doi":"10.1139/tcsme-2021-0192","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/tcsme-2021-0192","url":null,"abstract":"During the working process of the system of hydraulic opposing cylinders controlled by a servo valve, the fluid equivalent stiffness changes dynamically due to the pressure pulsation of the pump source. Therefore, the transmission system has obvious nonlinear effects, and its dynamic performance is difficult to improve further. Thus, a nonlinear dynamic model of the system of hydraulic opposing cylinders controlled by a servo valve was established. By using the multiscale method, the steady-state approximate solutions of the primary resonance and the combination resonance of the system were derived to reveal their characteristic laws. The results showed that the dominant frequency of the system's primary resonance is the frequency of the external excitation source, and the dominant frequency of the system's combination resonance is the sum of the natural frequency of each order and the fluctuation frequency of the fluid equivalent stiffness. The amplitude of the combination resonance was smaller than that of the primary resonance. The maximum error between the theoretical natural frequency and the experimental modal frequency was 3.77%, which verified the correctness of the system's nonlinear dynamic model. The research can provide a theoretical reference for the dynamics optimization design of the hydraulic transmission system.","PeriodicalId":23285,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46764054","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":"Application of mold flow analysis to the study of plastic gear rack injection molding warpage","authors":"Dyi-Cheng Chen, Rihui Yang, Shang-Wei Lu, Hong-Yao Guo","doi":"10.1139/tcsme-2022-0048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/tcsme-2022-0048","url":null,"abstract":"This study employed the Taguchi method, analysis of variance, and response surface methodology for plastic gear rack injection molding parameters followed by a factorial quality validation. This study was expected to reduce the time cost of mold design and injection molding by making different combinations of the molding parameters, designing an experimental method, and performing the data simulation experiment by computer-aided engineering (CAE). With the research tool of polymer (polyacetal) for plastic material, computer-aided design mold design, and CAE mold flow analysis software, a numerical analysis of plastic molding flow was conducted. Taguchi L16 (45) orthogonal array designed 16 experimental combinations including injection molding conditions of filling time, holding pressure, holding time, plastic temperature, and mold temperature. The experimental results of molding analysis of software (Moldex3D) determined the optimum molding essentials of plastic injection: filling time 0.2 s, holding pressure 98 MPa, plastic temperature 195 °C, and mold temperature 65 °C. In this study, the parameters of the response surface method were used for the actual injection verification. The CAE simulation software can greatly improve the mold design and injection molding parameter testing time to enhance the overall working efficiency and cost control.","PeriodicalId":23285,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44463559","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":"VARTM process of composites using double-bag air cushion method","authors":"Chih-Yuan Chang, Jen-Tsung Huang","doi":"10.1139/tcsme-2022-0086","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/tcsme-2022-0086","url":null,"abstract":"This article introduced the double-bag air cushion method (DBACM) as an economical and efficient manufacturing process of polymer composites associated with the vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding (VARTM) process. The method utilizes an improved double-bag along with several air cushions to create distribution channels for enhancing the resin flow during infusion. Experimental evaluation on resin infusion behavior and mechanical properties, including ultimate strength, void content, surface finish, and thickness uniformity, is performed for composites reinforced with both jute fibers and glass fibers. Results showed that the DBACM reduces the infusion time by more than 26.0% as compared with traditional VARTM. The difference in ultimate strength of the part between the DBACM and the VARTM is about 2.9%–3.9%. The void content of the E-glass composites is 1.3%–1.5% due to the few fissure-like microvoids, whereas the void content of the jute composites is high, about 2.4%–4.0%, because of the sparse spherical macrovoids. Additionally, there are no major differences in surface finish and thickness uniformity between the parts fabricated by DBACM and by conventional VARTM.","PeriodicalId":23285,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44994955","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":"Single- and multi-objective optimization of internal gear flowforming process based on increasing tooth height and reducing force and built-up edge","authors":"M. Khodadadi, K. Khalili, A. Ashrafi","doi":"10.1139/tcsme-2022-0073","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/tcsme-2022-0073","url":null,"abstract":"Flowforming is an incremental metal forming process in which deformation occurs gradually between the roller and mandrel. This process has been widely used for manufacturing of high-precision tubular parts and seamless tubes. Internal gear flowforming process is a new method for manufacturing an internal gear that requires no additional machining process. In this study, the design of experiment method and regression analysis were used to obtain tooth height, force, and built-up edge as functions of the effective parameters, including feed rate, roller diameter, attack angle, and thickness reduction percentage. Next, the simulated annealing and genetic algorithm were used for, respectively, single- and multi-objective optimization of the obtained functions. The goal of optimization was to reduce the force and built-up edge and increase the tooth height. In single-objective optimization, the maximum tooth height was 0.576 mm, the minimum force was 1606.63 N, and the minimum built-up edge was 0.448 mm. In multi-objective optimization, an optimal set of tooth height, force, and built-up edge (Pareto front) is obtained.","PeriodicalId":23285,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47889589","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}