著者

住田 杏 田中 宏明 池田 忠繁

出版者

一般社団法人 日本機械学会

雑誌

日本機械学会論文集 (ISSN:21879761)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.84, no.862, pp.17-00525, 2018 (Released:2018-06-25)

参考文献数

11

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A new method of driving and controlling multiple piezoelectric actuators individually with a single power supply unit using variable resistors was developed, and its effectiveness was investigated. This method provides effective high-accuracy shape control under weight limitation as each actuator can have a desired voltage applied individually from the single power supply unit using variable resistors. It was observed that the proposed method can drive piezoelectric actuators without degrading their operational performance when compared to representative actuator driving methods. Moreover, a shape control utilizing the proposed method was demonstrated to be more accurate than the conventional grouping method of multiple piezoelectric actuators, by numerical analysis and experiments on cantilever beams.

著者

近藤 稔

出版者

一般社団法人 日本機械学会

雑誌

日本機械学会論文集 (ISSN:21879761)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.84, no.862, pp.17-00594, 2018 (Released:2018-06-25)

参考文献数

16

被引用文献数

4

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Railway vehicles are equipped with many kinds of machines such as traction diesel engines and their failures sometimes lead to service disruptions and accidents. Vibration monitoring systems are expected to prevent their failures by detecting their abnormalities at an early stage. In order to make an effectual action after abnormal vibration detection, it is necessary to make a root cause diagnosis. To address this issue, a simple diagnosis method is proposed in this paper. In the method, a measured vibration octave spectrum is divided into three frequency bands and abnormality detections are conducted for the spectra to narrow down the root cause of the vibration. A one class classification method, which is an anomaly detection method in machine learning, is used in the abnormal vibration detection to make a general purpose vibration monitoring system. In addition, the ratios of abnormal vibration are calculated for the three frequency bands to show the progress of the fault. The effectiveness of the method is verified using vibration data acquired on simulated abnormality tests of traction diesel engines, i.e., auxiliary drive shaft failure test and engine abrasion test. The test results show that the proposed method is effective in detecting the abnormality and diagnosing the cause and the degree of the failure.

著者

嶋脇 聡 須田 拓也 中林 正隆 杉本 英治

出版者

一般社団法人 日本機械学会

雑誌

日本機械学会論文集 (ISSN:21879761)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.84, no.862, pp.18-00131, 2018 (Released:2018-06-25)

参考文献数

37

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The neck is an important body part that links the head and chest sections. However, very few analyses of cervical movement derived from muscle contractions have been conducted with numerical simulation. This study aimed to construct a multi-body model of the neck comprising the bones, muscles, and ligaments (including the intervertebral disc) and to apply flexion and extension movements to analyze the behavior of each cervical segment. We created bone models (including cervical vertebrae C1-C7) from X-ray computed tomography (CT) images of the upper half of the human body. Each bone model was bound by 17 types of ligaments constructed as 51 wire models. We set six types of muscles as the protagonists for neck flexion and 12 types for the neck extension. Muscle strength was defined with a parallel contraction element model and an elastic element model. The intervertebral discs represented five spring models with repulsion characteristics on compression and attraction characteristics on extension. The neck section could flex up to 38.1° and extend up to 61.0° with contraction in the flexor and extensor models. The maximum cervical segment angles on flexion and extension were measured at C0-C1 and C4-C5, and their contribution rates were 20.7% and 19.3%, respectively. Each cervical segment angle when flexing and extending closely matched the experimental results measured by other studies. The centers of rotation for cervical segments from C2-C3 to C4-C5 on maximum flexion were different from those in previous experimental result. This may be because of the settings pertaining to the interspinous ligament, nuchal ligament and supraspinous ligament. On the other hand, our results for maximum extension were consistent with past experimental result. An improved neck model will allow the analysis of cervical segment movement through the joint restrictions based on damage to the ligaments and muscles or arthrodesis when flexing and extending.

著者

魚井 成晃 黒河 愛 廣瀨 悠二 小笹 俊博

出版者

一般社団法人 日本機械学会

雑誌

日本機械学会論文集 (ISSN:21879761)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.84, no.862, pp.18-00006, 2018 (Released:2018-06-25)

参考文献数

19

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Elastohydrodynamic lubrication of a journal bearing has been usually calculated with bearing deformation. In this study, crank-pin deformation is included in addition to the bearing deformation of con-rod big-end. The calculated results are shown with and without the crank-pin deformation and the effects of the crank-pin deformation on calculated results are discussed. The effects of the crank-pin deformation appear after compression TDC during low speed operation and near suction TDC during high speed operation.

著者

山崎 康彦 重松 研太 翁 嘉華 小島 史夫 髙田 祥三

出版者

一般社団法人 日本機械学会

雑誌

日本機械学会論文集 (ISSN:21879761)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.84, no.862, pp.17-00533, 2018 (Released:2018-06-25)

参考文献数

14

被引用文献数

2

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Current production systems are required to stay up-to-date with the changing market conditions. To date, most conventional flexible systems are dependent on human flexibility. However, the demand for flexible automation systems is increasing because of rising labor costs and higher quality requirements, even in emerging countries. To implement automation systems in the unpredictable market, cost reduction is essential to reduce the investment risk. However, there is no systematic design method for reducing the cost of automation systems. Thus, in this study, we propose a new method for the design of material handling systems, wherein the waiting time of the equipment is reduced by grouping the operations and allocating certain equipment to each group. The proposed design method uses a genetic algorithm to determine the optimal grouping of operations on the basis of the equipment cost and cycle time. The design method is then applied to an automobile engine control unit to verify its effectiveness.

著者

海津 浩一 伊藤 脩平 日下 正広 木村 真晃 木之下 広幸

出版者

一般社団法人 日本機械学会

雑誌

日本機械学会論文集 (ISSN:21879761)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.84, no.862, pp.17-00485, 2018 (Released:2018-06-25)

参考文献数

10

被引用文献数

1

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Joining of plastics and light metals contributes to the reduction of a product weight. In this study, the punching rivet method was applied to joining of an acrylic resin sheet and an aluminum alloy sheet. The punching rivet method can join the sheets without drilling. The riveting process of this method is constituted of the punching process of the sheets using the rivet shank and the fastening process of the sheets using the rivet and the rivet holder. The sheets are fastened by using the plastic deformation of the rivet shank. From the observation of the joints made by the punching rivet method, it was found that the acrylic resin sheet of the joint had no crack and out-of-plane deformation of the joint was small. From the results of the joint strength tests, it was considered that the joint made by the punching rivet method had high strength due to the effect of the pressures on seating faces of the rivet and the rivet holder. As a result, the punching rivet method was effective to join the acrylic resin sheet and the aluminum alloy sheet.

著者

田辺 郁男 高橋 宗一郎 高橋 智

出版者

一般社団法人 日本機械学会

雑誌

日本機械学会論文集 (ISSN:21879761)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.84, no.862, pp.18-00171, 2018 (Released:2018-06-25)

参考文献数

16

被引用文献数

1

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The Design of Experiments (DOE) is a method that is widely used due to its effectiveness to select optimum conditions in the design stage of product development. On the other hand, a fast, low cost, labor saving and energy-saving innovative development is also required in industry. In this research, a program for quickly searching the optimum condition using design of experiments is developed and evaluated. Relationships between each parameter and the final property are firstly cleared for each formula by using the design of experiments. Then the optimum conditions for each parameter were decided by using these formulas in a program. The optimum final property with each optimum level value were calculated. In addition, the optimum condition for cooling system using alkaline water mist was investigated for evaluating this program in an experiment. It is concluded from the result that (1) the program using the design of experiments was useful for fast development process, (2) this program could quickly and accurately decide the optimum cooling condition for cooling system using alkaline water mist.

著者

安井 学 中野 一史 黒内 正仁 川野 伸一 金子 智

出版者

一般社団法人 日本機械学会

雑誌

日本機械学会論文集 (ISSN:21879761)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.84, no.862, pp.18-00091, 2018 (Released:2018-06-25)

参考文献数

23

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SU8 is a negative photoresist shows superior characteristics of heat resistance and chemical resistance. And, it is used to make high-aspect ratio micro structures such as master of electroforming. However, it is extremely difficult to remove SU8 from substrate. Researchers have investigated a means of SU8 removal. Therefore we proposed a new SU8 removal method “DI water (H2O) and lithium chloride (LiCl) doped NMP” which promises swelling furtherance of SU8, and we demonstrated that the new method could remove fine SU8 patters from substrate at proper level. The mechanism of SU8 fine patterns removal is presented as follows. A doped NMP broadens the width of SU8 patterns by swelling effect and reduces buckling stress of SU8 patterns. SU8 patterns reducing buckling stress increases the potential of buckling.

著者

古森 健吾 戸井 武司

出版者

一般社団法人 日本機械学会

雑誌

日本機械学会論文集 (ISSN:21879761)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.84, no.862, pp.18-00103, 2018 (Released:2018-06-25)

参考文献数

8

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Numerical simulations, such as the finite element method have been widely used to predict noise and vibration behavior. This allows reducing the development time and production cost of products. However, these results have been calculated based on the governing equations at each physical areas as the idealized conditions. Then, these simulations are not taken into account the fluctuation of response characteristic by the uncertainties of noise factors. Therefore, it is important to restrain the fluctuation of products properties by the uncertainties. In this paper, focusing on the transient analysis, we propose a robust design for minimizing the time history amplitude fluctuation by structure uncertainties. The robust design is implemented based on the combined use of the stochastic finite element method and the structural optimization. Since this method is performed by minimizing the 1st sensitivity, we will formulate the 1st and 2nd sensitivity in the time domain. Then, the proposed method is validated by applying it to the simple mass-damper-spring system whether the fluctuation of the time history response amplitude is restrained.

著者

平光 立拓 難波江 裕之 鈴森 康一 遠藤 玄

出版者

一般社団法人 日本機械学会

雑誌

日本機械学会論文集 (ISSN:21879761)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.84, no.862, pp.18-00083, 2018 (Released:2018-06-25)

参考文献数

10

被引用文献数

1

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Pneumatic artificial muscles have many advantages. They have high force mass ratio, high compliance and simple structures. Especially, the flexibility contributes to compose novel mechanisms. The flexibility of pneumatic artificial muscles releases us from the spatially strict design required for rigid mechanical elements: it could actualize compact mechanisms made of a fewer parts. Our research group developed a thin McKibben actuator. The thin McKibben actuators is more flexible than conventional McKibben actuators. Authors succeeded in manufacturing novel soft mechanisms that are made of only braided artificial muscles. We aim to establish a design method for these novel mechanisms. We already have fabricated a cylindrical mechanism made of helical muscles. In this paper, we report a geometric model for the cylindrical mechanism. We focus on only deformation of a side surface in the coordinate system of muscles to simulate the movements of the cylindrical mechanism. The movement was verified by an experiment, and besides, it was simulated successfully in the geometric model that was created. The deformation of height and radius directions changed according to muscles alignment.

著者

河内 毅 栗山 幸久 鈴木 克幸

出版者

一般社団法人 日本機械学会

雑誌

日本機械学会論文集 (ISSN:21879761)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.84, no.862, pp.18-00063, 2018 (Released:2018-06-25)

参考文献数

11

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In order to clarify the mechanism of the vehicle body hysteresis affecting “rigidity feeling”, one of the driver's sensory evaluation in the driving test, the influence of friction acting on spot welding flanges on hysteresis, which is drawn by the displacement-load diagram of double-hat-shaped parts assembled by spot welding under static or relatively slow deformation, is experimentally and numerically evaluated. The hysteresis of two specimens, one has the contact around R-tangent of flanges and the other has it around edge, are compared and it is confirmed that the former type has larger hysteresis than the latter. The hysteresis is evaluated by the friction loss which is energy dissipation generated only by friction on the surfaces of the spot welding flanges. The loss calculated by the finite-element-method (FEM) with the contact and friction between two flange surfaces opposing each other has good agreement with that measured by the experiment. Additionally, by studying the detail of the relative slip and friction force distribution on the surface of two flanges obtained by the FEM analyses, the difference in hysteresis of two specimens and the cause of the friction loss are discussed.

著者

根本 健也 山本 浩 成川 輝真

出版者

一般社団法人 日本機械学会

雑誌

日本機械学会論文集 (ISSN:21879761)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.84, no.862, pp.18-00062, 2018 (Released:2018-06-25)

参考文献数

16

被引用文献数

1

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One of effective ways to suppress vibration of a mechanical system is using a dynamic vibration absorber. The dynamic vibration absorber consists of a mass, a spring and a damper. The optimal tuning of natural frequency and damping ratio of the dynamic vibration absorber is required to suppress vibration, so adding an adjustable mechanism of stiffness and damping of the dynamic vibration absorber makes tuning easy. This paper proposes a new design concept of an adjustable dynamic vibration absorber consisted of an adjustable mechanism of stiffness and damping. The adjustable mechanism of stiffness consists of an arm, a couple of coil springs and a rotatable spring holder. Stiffness is varied by rotating the spring holder. The adjustable mechanism of stiffness can expand the range of stiffness by increasing spring constant of a couple of coil springs. The adjustable mechanism of damping consisted of a copper plate, a couple of magnets and a linkage mechanism. Damping is varied by driving the linkage. Driving the linkage to tune damping is necessary large torque because of attractive force of magnets. A compensation spring attached to the linkage can reduce the driving torque for tuning the damping. We made the proposed adjustable dynamic vibration absorber and verified whether the proposed adjustable mechanism is valid by experiments.

著者

青木 ゆうい 涌井 伸二

出版者

一般社団法人 日本機械学会

雑誌

日本機械学会論文集 (ISSN:21879761)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.84, no.862, pp.18-00052, 2018 (Released:2018-06-25)

参考文献数

11

被引用文献数

1

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In this paper, it is confirmed that natural frequency of isolated table is operated and that degeneration, which means that some natural frequencies have the same value, has a bad influence. Pneumatic anti vibration apparatuses (AVAs) support that loaded devices, i.e., XY stages, operate accurately. However, many strict design conditions are imposed on AVAs with six degrees-of-freedom (DOF) which are used on manufacturing floor. There is a risk that the natural frequency of each motion mode approaches, in other words, that isolated table falls into degeneration. This disturbs accurate operations of XY stages. In this paper, AVA with two DOF is used to simplify motion instead of six DOF. First, it is stated that mode control is used to pressure control. Next, position differential feedback (PFB) is proposed. PFB, which is used to the natural frequency control, is applied for each mode. This means that air spring stiffness is considered as each motion mode, and these are deleted or given. It is shown that the natural frequency of each mode can be controlled individually, by calculation, simulation, and experiment. Finally, the degeneration is reproduced to AVA with two DOF by PFB. At this moment, acceleration control which effects to nearby the natural frequency interferes with each other mode. From these results, conclusions are the following: degeneration should be avoided, and mode PFB is effective to control natural frequency of each motion mode. In addition, mode PFB accomplishes not only avoiding degeneration, but also lowering the natural frequency.

著者

髙木 山河 涌井 伸二

出版者

一般社団法人 日本機械学会

雑誌

日本機械学会論文集 (ISSN:21879761)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.84, no.862, pp.18-00043, 2018 (Released:2018-06-25)

参考文献数

10

被引用文献数

1

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In the field of precision positioning such as semiconductor exposure apparatus, weak disturbance vibration from the floor influences processing accuracy. In recent years, as the precision of the device increases, the vibration allowance value becomes more severe, and performance improvement of the vibration isolator is required. In order to improve the performance, there are researchs reducing natural frequency by the frequency characteristics of the vibration transmissibility from the floor to the vibration isolator. Reducing natural frequency and decreasing stiffness are equivalent, and main target was stiffness generated by compressed air of air spring. In addition, rubber bellows of air spring is also targeted for further performance improvement. We already proposed a method combining the two stiffness separately decreasing method. However, decreasing stiffness simultaneously destabilized the device, then it could not be completely decreased. In this paper, as a new stabilization method, stiffness is completely decreased only in the operation frequency band. Since the low frequency has positive rigidity, the localization is maintained. We demonstrated the reducing natural frequency by the experimental result. When stiffness was completely decreased, the servo stiffness which had not been focused in the past became dominant in determining the natural frequency. Therefore, an appropriate design of the servo stiffness is required for further reducing natural frequency. To satisfy this requirement, we calculated the relationship between natural frequency and servo stiffness and gave an index for appropriate design.

著者

平岡 延章 十河 宏行 由良 諭 逸見 知弘 正箱 信一郎 石井 耕平 津守 伸宏 鹿間 共一 漆原 史朗 太良尾 浩生

出版者

一般社団法人 日本機械学会

雑誌

日本機械学会論文集 (ISSN:21879761)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.84, no.862, pp.18-00031, 2018 (Released:2018-06-25)

参考文献数

6

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A motor shaft direct drive is known as a simple and low cost scheme for small toy vehicles, however the mechanism how it produces propelling force has not yet been explained nor discussed in detail. A trivial idea that a small dent is formed on the road surface just under the shaft end due to static weight takes us to the unexpected result. Brief calculus reveals that the propelling force vector of the system directs somewhat forward with respect to sagittal plane which includes motor shaft slant axis. It suggests that the motor alternative cw and/or ccw rotation generates gradual forward movement, i.e. the vehicle moves perpendicular direction with respect to that of right-left swinging motion. The forward motion is confirmed experimentally with single motor shaft direct drive vehicle, and also discussed in details.

著者

大平 峻 島田 明

出版者

一般社団法人 日本機械学会

雑誌

日本機械学会論文集 (ISSN:21879761)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.84, no.862, pp.18-00019, 2018 (Released:2018-06-25)

参考文献数

19

被引用文献数

1

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This study aims to realize fast disturbance estimation with a Kalman filter (KF). This paper presents a methodology of fast estimation and rejection for some types disturbances. This methodology attempts to estimate the state of mechatronics systems that rejected the influences of disturbance and noise by using KF. Most of known disturbance estimation method is the disturbance observer (DOB). However, the conventional DOB can not estimate the disturbance that is contaminated of noises. Generally, KF is known as state estimation algorithm that can consider influences of various noise. In addition, we had done some previous studies to design a linear KF with disturbance estimation. We obtained a fact that the disturbance estimation speed by the KF is slow from these studies results. Therefore, this paper proposes a new design method of KF with disturbance estimation which includes a design parameter to speed up disturbance estimation, where we have never concerned in this paper with KF design method except linear systems. Finally, we show the design method on the proposed method and usefulness via the simulation results relative to the position control for an simple cart system.

著者

中原 健志 藤本 孝

出版者

一般社団法人 日本機械学会

雑誌

日本機械学会論文集 (ISSN:21879761)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.84, no.862, pp.18-00017, 2018 (Released:2018-06-25)

参考文献数

15

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A semi-active vibration control technique using piezoelectric actuators with switched inductance shunts has been studied. This technique can be used for not only vibration suppression but also energy harvesting. In order to design semi-active vibration control systems and energy harvesters using this technique efficiently, it is necessary to analyze and understand the effects of design parameters on the performance of these systems. Responses of these systems to harmonic disturbance forces can be used for performance evaluation and previous studies analyze periodic responses of semi-active vibration control systems by assuming sinusoidal displacement responses and using method of harmonic balance. However, this control technique induces rectangular control forces and the displacement responses are distorted. Enhancing the control forces leads to stronger distortion of the responses and the validity of the assumption of the previous studies becomes lost. In order to overcome this problem, the authors have proposed to use shooting method which is a numerical method to calculate periodic solutions of non-linear systems without assuming certain forms of responses. This paper presents periodic responses obtained by shooting method with an improved non-dimensional model and the periodic responses are compared with ones obtained by method of harmonic balance. Furthermore, this paper considers not only the periodic responses but also non-periodic chaotic responses obtained by long term simulations with the non-dimensional model.

著者

稲垣 耕 盆子原 康博 近藤 孝広 池 美慧 濵畑 貴之

出版者

一般社団法人 日本機械学会

雑誌

日本機械学会論文集 (ISSN:21879761)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.84, no.862, pp.18-00004, 2018 (Released:2018-06-25)

参考文献数

4

被引用文献数

1

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In household refrigerators, the rotational speed of a reciprocating compressor can be appropriately adjusted according to the temperature inside of the refrigerator. The lower rotational speed reduces the power consumption of the compressor. However, several natural frequencies of the compressor exist in the low rotation region, and besides, the unbalance force arising from the piston motion acts on the internal drive unit. Thereby the vibrations of the compressor are likely to be larger due to the resonance in the low rotation region. In this study, a method for supporting the drive unit inside the shell, which is called “the self-standing support” is newly proposed in order to reduce the vibration of the compressor drastically. In the proposed method, a spherical support element is utilized instead of coil springs to support the drive unit. And the drive unit can maintain a stable self-standing state by acting restoring moment due to the gravity while it is directly placed on the shell. The natural frequencies of the compressor can be greatly reduced by decreasing the support stiffness for the drive unit in comparison with the support method using coil springs. Furthermore, in designing the drive unit, the application point of the exciting force is matched with the center of percussion to the contact point on the spherical support. As a consequence, the periodic restraining force acting on the contact point can be minimized. By these two features, it is possible to considerably reduce the vibration transmission from the drive unit to the shell. In the present study, a simplified model for a reciprocating compressor is treated, and the effectiveness of the self-standing support is investigated analytically and experimentally.

著者

木村 秀行 土田 崇弘 木村 康治

出版者

一般社団法人 日本機械学会

雑誌

日本機械学会論文集 (ISSN:21879761)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.84, no.862, pp.17-00586, 2018 (Released:2018-06-25)

参考文献数

14

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In this study, vibration characteristics of a single-degree-of-freedom linear oscillator with the fractional order derivative are examined in terms of the critical damping over a wide range of the order of the fractional derivative by using numerical analysis. Two types of the definitions of the critical damping used in the previous studies are considered. It is shown that (i) the critical viscoelastic damping ratio changes according to the order of the fractional derivative and its minimum value for both types of the critical damping is less than 1; (ii) no critical viscoelastic damping ratio is observed in a certain range of the order; (iii) the difference in the existence of the critical damping between the oscillators with the derivative of order 1/3 and 2/3 is caused by the change of the behavior of a component of the response corresponding to one of the roots of the characteristic polynomial for the oscillator. Finally, the impulse response characteristics are classified into three classes depending on the order of the fractional derivative and viscoelastic damping ratio of the oscillator.

著者

中澤 輝彦 服部 治博 樽谷 一郎 安原 伸二 井上 剛志

出版者

一般社団法人 日本機械学会

雑誌

日本機械学会論文集 (ISSN:21879761)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.84, no.862, pp.17-00543, 2018 (Released:2018-06-25)

参考文献数

20

被引用文献数

3

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CVT chains have become widely used in vehicles because the slip between parts is very small, which enables efficient power transmission. However, the motion caused by the pins of the CVT chain entering and leaving the pulleys one after another during the power transmission process results in periodic motion of the whole chain. This behavior is known to affect noise and other basic performance aspects of CVTs. Therefore, it is important to study the geometrical specifications of the chain that affect periodic motion, such as the shape and dimensions of the parts. This study aimed to (1) identify the periodic motion that affects noise, and (2) formulate a motional theory to derive the ideal specifications of a CVT chain. First, after measuring the acceleration of the pulleys under conditions that generate large CVT noise, it was found that noise was greatly affected by periodic motion caused by the chordal action of the chain. Based on this result, a mathematical model was proposed to describe this chordal action. The pin profile curve was particularly considered in the model since it determines the motion of the chain at both ends of the chord part and has an important effect on the chordal action. Next, the chordal action of the chain was measured using an accelerometer, and the measured results were compared with the results calculated by the model. The results were consistent, which confirmed the validity of the model.