Design of coil spring to reduce influence of multiple clearances in planar four bar mechanism

이차원 4링크 기구의 다중 간극들의 영향을 줄이기 위한 코일 스프링의 설계

A systematic method of design modification to reduce the influence of impact from multiple clearances in a planar four bar mechanism is developed. For this purpose, an optimization method is used with the objective function which is the linear sum of the Earles and Wu criteria for every joints with clearances. One coil spring is attached to a joint of limited range of revolution to reduce the undesirable dynamic effects due to clearances at joints. The stiffness of the coil spring and its pre-loading angle are chosen as design variables. A numerical example is taken for a four bar mechanism. The initial and modified mechanisms are compared using a clearance mechanism analysis technic to see the difference in dynamic effects due to contact loss. It is found that the modified mechanism produces much more smooth joint contact forces than the original design.

본 연구에서는 다간극기구의 간극의 영향을 제거하기 위해 코일스프링의 사용 을 대안으로 제시하였다.