Kineto-static analysis of a novel high-speed parallel manipulator with rigid-flexible coupled links

A novel high-speed parallel kinematic machine （PKM） named Delta-S parallel manipulator is proposed, which consists of a fixed base connected to a moving platform through three limbs with identical topology. Each limb is composed of one driving ann and one follower arm, herein, the latter includes two strings and one middle rod, all located in a same plane. Compared with similar manipulators with uniform parameters, the novel and unique topology as well as the addition of two strings of Delta-S manipulator can remove the clearance of the spherical joints, reduce the inertial load of components further, improve the positioning accuracy and dynamic performance, and so on. In order to formulate the kineto-static model of Delta-S manipulator, the kineto-static analyses and models of the driving arm, the generalized follower and the moving platform can be carried out by the D＇ALEMBERT principle. For the sake of obtaining the force analytic results of strings, the deformation compatibility condition of strings and the middle rod are determined. Furthermore, in virtue of the assumption of small deformation and the linear superposition principle, the minimal pre-tightening force of the strings is calculated. The main results include that the loads of the strings and the middle rod must be larger than ＂zero＂ and the pre-tightening force over the workspace must be larger than the minimal pre-tightening force at any time within the workspace, which lay the foundation for the dynamic analysis and the prototype manufacture of the Delta-S manipulator.

Incompatible deformation field and Riemann curvature tensor

Compatibility conditions of a deformation field in continuum mechanics have been revisited via two different routes. One is to use the deformation gradient, and the other is a pure geometric one. Variations of the displacement vector and the displacement density tensor are obtained explicitly in terms of the Riemannian curvature tensor. The explicit relations reconfirm that the compatibility condition is equivalent to the vanishing of the Riemann curvature tensor and reveals the non-Euclidean nature of the space in which the dislocated continuum is imbedded. Comparisons with the theory of Kr¨oner and Le-Stumpf are provided.

A Mathematical Comparison of the Schwarzschild and Kerr Metrics

A few physicists have recently constructed the generating compatibility conditions (CC) of the Killing operator for the Minkowski (M), Schwarzschild (S) and Kerr (K) metrics. They discovered second order CC, well known for M, but also third order CC for S and K. In a recent paper (DOI:10.4236/jmp.2018.910125) we have studied the cases of M and S, without using specific technical tools such as Teukolski scalars or Killing-Yano tensors. However, even if S(m) and K(m, a) are depending on constant parameters in such a way that S → M when m → 0 and K→ S when a → 0, the CC of S do not provide the CC of M when m → 0 while the CC of K do not provide the CC of S when a → 0. In this paper, using tricky motivating examples of operators with constant or variable parameters, we explain why the CC are depending on the choice of the parameters. In particular, the only purely intrinsic objects that can be defined, namely the extension modules, may change drastically. As the algebroid bracket is compatible with the prolongation/projection (PP) procedure, we provide for the first time all the CC for K in an intrinsic way, showing that they only depend on the underlying Killing algebra and that the role played by the Spencer operator is crucial. We get K < S < M with 2 < 4 < 10 for the Killing algebras and explain why the formal search of the CC for M, S or K are strikingly different, even if each Spencer sequence is isomorphic to the tensor product of the Poincaré sequence for the exterior derivative by the corresponding Lie algebra.

Recasting theory of elasticity with micro-finite elements

In the classical theory of elasticity,a body is initially modeled as a homogeneous and dense assemblage of constituent ＂material particles＂.The kernel concept of elastic deformation is the displacement of the particle that associates the current configuration with the reference one.In this paper,we exploit an alternative constituent ＂micro-finite element＂,and use the stretch of the element as the essential quality to recast the theory of elasticity.It should be realized that such a treatment means that the elastic body can be modeled as a finite covering of elements and consequently characterized by a manifold.The recasting of the elasticity theory becomes more feasible for dealing with defects and topological evolution.

Step-by-Step Building of a Four Dimensional Fatigue Compatible Regression Model including Frequencies

The purpose of this research is to develop a model, with emphasis on compatibility conditions and model building, valid for high cycle fatigue design components such as wind turbines, automobiles, high speed railways and aeronautical material. In this work, we have added the frequency as one more variable to an existing fatigue model that already includes maximum stress, stress ratio and lifetime. As a result, a model and estimation method has been proposed and a random variable V has been identified, which, allows the accumulated damage and the probability of failure to be assessed for any load history in terms of stress levels, stress ranges and frequencies. Finally, the model is validated using a large set of real experimental data.

Minimum Resolution of the Minkowski, Schwarzschild and Kerr Differential Modules

Our recent arXiv preprints and published papers on the solution of the Riemann-Lanczos and Weyl-Lanczos problems have brought our attention on the importance of revisiting the algebraic structure of the Bianchi identities in Riemannian geometry. We also discovered in the meantime that, in our first GB book of 1978, we had already used a new way for studying the compatibility conditions (CC) of an operator that may not be necessarily formally integrable (FI) in order to construct canonical formally exact differential sequences on the jet level. The purpose of this paper is to prove that the combination of these two facts clearly shows the specific importance of the Spencer operator and the Spencer &delta;-cohomology, totally absent from mathematical physics today. The results obtained are unavoidable because they only depend on elementary combinatorics and diagram chasing. They also provide for the first time the purely intrinsic interpretation of the respective numbers of successive first, second, third and higher order generating CC. However, if they of course agree with the linearized Killing operator over the Minkowski metric, they largely disagree with recent publications on the respective numbers of generating CC for the linearized Killing operator over the Schwarzschild and Kerr metrics. Many similar examples are illustrating these new techniques, providing in particular a few resolutions in which the orders of the successive operators may go “up and down” surprisingly, like in the conformal situation for various dimensions.

On a Vector Version of a Fundamental Lemma of J.L.Lions

Let ? be a bounded and connected open subset of R^N with a Lipschitzcontinuous boundary,the set ? being locally on the same side of ??.A vector version of a fundamental lemma of J.L.Lions,due to C.Amrouche,the first author,L.Gratie and S.Kesavan,asserts that any vector field v =(vi) ∈(D′(?))~N,such that all the components 1/2(?_jv_i + ?_iv_j),1 ≤ i,j ≤ N,of its symmetrized gradient matrix field are in the space H^(-1)(?),is in effect in the space(L^2(?))~N.The objective of this paper is to show that this vector version of J.L.Lions lemma is equivalent to a certain number of other properties of interest by themselves.These include in particular a vector version of a well-known inequality due to J.Neˇcas,weak versions of the classical Donati and Saint-Venant compatibility conditions for a matrix field to be the symmetrized gradient matrix field of a vector field,or a natural vector version of a fundamental surjectivity property of the divergence operator.

Very Regular Solutions for the Landau-Lifschitz Equation with Electric Current

The authors consider a model of ferromagnetic material subject to an electric current, and prove the local in time existence of very regular solutions for this model in the scale of H^k spaces. In particular, they describe in detail the compatibility conditions at the boundary for the initial data.

Numerical Resolution Near t=0 of Nonlinear Evolution Equations in the Presence of Corner Singularities in Space Dimension 1

The incompatibilities between the initial and boundary data will cause singularities at the time-space corners,which in turn adversely affect the accuracy of the numerical schemes used to compute the solutions.We study the corner singularity issue for nonlinear evolution equations in 1D,and propose two remedy procedures that effectively recover much of the accuracy of the numerical scheme in use.Applications of the remedy procedures to the 1D viscous Burgers equation,and to the 1D nonlinear reaction-diffusion equation are presented.The remedy procedures are applicable to other nonlinear diffusion equations as well.