Prediction for Dynamic Characteristics of Ring-Plate Planetary Indexing Cam Mechanism

This paper is aimed to propose an approach to predict the dynamic characteristics of ring-plate planetary indexing cam mechanism, which is a novel type of indexing mechanism that employs internal planetary transmission structure. Firstly, the geometry and structure of the mechanism are discussed and the kinematic practicability is simulated with virtual prototype design. Then a 3D finite element model of the ring-plate planetary indexing cam mechanism is developed with the commercial software of MATLAB and ANSYS. Through the finite element analysis, the natural frequencies and the corresponding mode shapes are predicted in one motion cycle. On the basis of the virtual prototype design and finite element analysis, an experimental prototype is made and tested to validate the prediction of the dynamic characteristics. The agreement between experimental results and the finite element analysis testifies that the finite element model developed is applicable to the prediction of the dynamic characteristics of this type of mechanism.

DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF ROLLER GEAR INDEXING CAM SYSTEM CONSIDERING CLEARANCE AND MOTOR CHARACTERISTIC

The dynamic responses of roller gear indexing cam mechanism are investigated .With applying Lagarange equation and Gear method,motion equations of this mechanism including clearance,motor characteristic,torsion flexibility are developed and solved.The results show that clearance affects primarily the response on turret,and has little effects on the responses on rotary table.At the same time,the velocity fluctuation of motor shaft is not serious for the existence of inertia of reducer,and the high frequency of velocity fluctuation of camshaft is related with the torsion stiffness of shaft and the clearance between pairs.

A STUDY OF THE WINTER-WINTER RECURRENCE MECHANISM OF THE TEMPERATURES IN NORTHERN EAST ASIA

In this study, the winter-summer-winter seasonal variation characteristics of the atmospheric temperature in northern East Asia(NEA) during the past 60 years are analyzed. The results revealed a type of new seasonal variation mechanism of temperature: winter-winter recurrence(WWR). This study initially discussed the formation mechanism of WWR from the angle of the relationship between the WWR and the atmospheric internal factors and external forcing.The main conclusions are summarized as follows:(1) The winter-summer-winter continuous variation of the AO anomaly index has consistent characteristics with the atmospheric variation of the WWR in the NEA, and their 60-year correlation coefficient reaches 0.43, passing the 95% significance level. It is indicated that the seasonal anomaly of the AO has a certain influence on the WWR;(2) Overall, the PDO maintains a negative phase in the negative WWR years,while it displays the opposite feature in the positive WWR years. The negative(positive) anomaly of PDO is favourable to the occurrence of sustainable low(high) temperatures in the NEA, and may be the important external driving factor for motivating the WWR in the NEA;(3) The binary regression, based on the PDO and AO indexes successfully reproduces the curve of T_(WWR-HG), which is significantly correlated with the WWR index TWWR, and can reproduce the time-height profile of the WWR characteristics from 400 to 1,000 hPa. Therefore, it is concluded that the WWR of the atmospheric temperatures in the NEA is the result of the combined action of the PDO and AO.

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Teoretical ＆ Applied Mechanics Letters, Vol. 5, Issue 1, January 2015Investigation of a transonic separating/reattaching shear layer by means of PIV S. Scharnowski, C.J KalerThe separating/reattaching flow over an axisymmetric backward-facing step is analyzed experimentally by means of particle image velocimetry. The main pur- pose of the measurements is the investigation of the mean flow field as well as of the Reynolds stress distributions at Ma.7 and at Re33 × 10 5ed on the step height. Due to the strong progress of optical flow measurements in the last years it was possible to resolve all flow scales down to 180 μm （≈ 1% step height） with high precision. It was found for the first time that the Reynolds stress distribution features a local minimum between the first part of the shear layer and a region inside the recirculation region.

Classification of inelastic deformation and material-intrinsic indices about mechanical performance of general solid matter

The present article is aimed to detect material-intrinsic indices that can be used to supervise the mechanical performance of general solid matter.The novelty carried in this article can be summarised as follows.Firstly,an inelastic deformation state of almost any solid matter can be treated as the combination of two fundamental modes due to different microscopic causation:Mode I inelastic distortion due to the movement of sliding types of defects and Mode II inelastic dilation due to the evolution of voids/bubbles.Secondly,each inelastic deformation mode is characterised by a single principal inelastic deformation descriptor(PIDD):Mode I by a newly introduced quantity of maximum distortional angle changeαand Mode II by the logarithm of dilating magnificationω.In particular,the concept of maximum distortional angle change gives rise to a geometrically intuitive yield criterion ofα>α_(c),which in situations of small deformation,is shown to asymptote von Mise's,and to become Tresca's in cases of plane stress.Thirdly,the deformation process of a solid matter under monotonic and ambient loads is formulated by means of trajectories of thermodynamic equilibria with respect to the PIDD pair.Then a pair of physical quantities which measure the stresses needed to change the local PIDD state are singled out.Being termed as inelastic deformation resistances(IDRs),these two quantities are shown to depend only on the onsite atomic configurations.It is also shown that key descriptive properties about the mechanical behaviours of materials,such as ductility,are encoded in IDRs as functions of PIDDs.Hence the IDR pair may serve as material performance indices that may be more intrinsic than conventional stress-strain relationships.

An index for deformation controllability of small-volume materials

Mechanical tests on small-volume materials show that in addition to the usual attributes of strength and ductility, the controlla- bility of deformation would be crucial for the purpose of precise plastic shaping. In our present work, a ＂mechanical controlla- bility index＂ （MCI） has been proposed to assess the controllability of mechanical deformation quantitatively. The index allows quantitative evaluation of the relative fraction of the controllable plastic strain out of the total strain. MCI=0 means completely uncontrollable plastic deformation, MCI=∞ means perfectly controllable plastic shaping. The application of the index is demonstrated here by comparing two example cases： 0.273 to 0.429 for single crystal A1 nanopillars that exhibit obvious strain bursts, versus 3.17 to 4.2 for polycrystalline A1 nanopillars of similar size for which the stress-strain curve is smoother.