Motion generation using combinations of peaucellier straightline mechanisms

Carl A. Nelson, Christian A. Padilla

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Abstract

The Peaucellier linkage is one of only a handful of known, single-degree-of-freedom mechanisms that trace an exact straight line. Although the traced output is straight, the relation between input rotation angle and output position along the traced line is nonlinear. The purpose of this study is to investigate the composite motion of stacked Peaucellier straight-line mechanisms. After stacking, the original straightline output transforms into a complex curve whose shape is dependent on the motion of all of the component mechanisms, their geometric parameters, and how the component Peaucellier cells are interconnected. MATLAB software was used to generate output curves considering different stacking configurations and mechanism sizes. MATLAB was also used to analyze the final data and identify correlations between the mechanism link sizes, stacking configurations, and relative output curves. Based on a polynomial fitting technique, resultant output of the stacked mechanisms was generally found to be of 6th order except when purposefully constrained. This is a first attempt to characterize kinematic trace curves for this type of stacked straight-line linkage system.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationASME 2012 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2012
Pages461-467
Number of pages7
EditionPARTS A AND B
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
EventASME 2012 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2012 - Chicago, IL, United States
Duration: Aug 12 2012Aug 12 2012

Publication series

NameProceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference
NumberPARTS A AND B
Volume4

Conference

ConferenceASME 2012 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2012
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityChicago, IL
Period8/12/128/12/12

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design

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