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Fatigue Life Prediction of Medical Lift Column utilizing Finite Element Analysis  

Cheon, Hee-Jun (부산대학교 대학원 기계공학부)
Cho, Jin-Rae ((주)마이다스아이티 기술연구소)
Yang, Hee-Jun ((주)지엔에스모션)
Lee, Shi-Bok (부산대학교 기계공학부)
Publication Information
Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea / v.24, no.3, 2011 , pp. 337-342 More about this Journal
Abstract
Medical lift column controlling the vertical position while supporting heavy eccentric load should have the high fatigue strength as well as the extremely low structural deflection and vibration in order to maintain the positioning accuracy. The lift column driven by a induction motor is generally in a three-step sliding boom structure and exhibits the time-varying stress distribution according to the up-and-down motion. This study is concerned with the numerical prediction of the fatigue strength of the lift column subject to the time-varying stress caused by the up-and-down motion. The stress variation during a motion cycle is obtained by finite element analysis and the fatigue life is predicted making use of Palmgren-miner's rule and S-N curves. In order to secure the numerical analysis reliability, a 3-D FEM, model in which the detailed lift column structure and the fitting parts are fully considered, is generated and the interfaces between lift column and pads are treated by the contact condition.
Keywords
lift column; eccentric load; up-and-down motion; fatigue life; finite element analysis;
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