Coiled polymer artificial muscles with both large tensile stroke and giant force generation are needed for practical applications in robotics,soft exosuits,and prosthesis.However,most polymer yarn artificial muscles c...Coiled polymer artificial muscles with both large tensile stroke and giant force generation are needed for practical applications in robotics,soft exosuits,and prosthesis.However,most polymer yarn artificial muscles cannot generate a large force or stress.Here,we report an inexpensive Twisted and Coiled Polymer artificial muscle(TCP)that performs both large isobaric and isometric contractions.This TCP can generate a tensile stroke of 20.1%and a specific work capacity of up to 1.3 kJ kg^(−1) during temperature changes from 20 to 180℃.Moreover,the nylon yarn artificial muscle produced a reversible output stress of 28.4 MPa,which is 100 times larger than human skeletal muscle.A robot arm and a simple gripper were made to demonstrate the isobaric actuation and isometric actuation of our TCP muscle,repectivley.Thus,the polymer artificial muscles with dual-mode actuation show potential applications in the field of robotics,grippers,and exoskeletons and so on.展开更多
With the research development of the magnesium alloys,the deformation or stress corrosion induced by residual stress(RS)attracted extensive interests in industry and research efforts extensive.However,there are relati...With the research development of the magnesium alloys,the deformation or stress corrosion induced by residual stress(RS)attracted extensive interests in industry and research efforts extensive.However,there are relatively few studies on the RS of magnesium alloys in the world.The generation cause of RS in magnesium alloys was analyzed at first.Several methods of determinate the RS,including destructive methods(drilling hole,crack compliance,layer exfoliation etc.)and non-destructive methods(X-ray Diffraction,Neutron Diffraction,Short Wavelength X-ray Diffraction)were summarized.The factors that influence the measuring accuracy of XRD method were emphasized.The research trends of RS in magnesium alloys were put forward.展开更多
基金Financial support from the program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant no.52105057,51905222)Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (Grant no.BK20200916)+3 种基金China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (no.2021M691307,no.2022T150274)Jiangsu Postdoctoral Research Foundation (no.2021K543C)Key Research Project of Zhejiang LabSenior Talent Foundation of Jiangsu University (Grant no.5501110013)are acknowledged.
文摘Coiled polymer artificial muscles with both large tensile stroke and giant force generation are needed for practical applications in robotics,soft exosuits,and prosthesis.However,most polymer yarn artificial muscles cannot generate a large force or stress.Here,we report an inexpensive Twisted and Coiled Polymer artificial muscle(TCP)that performs both large isobaric and isometric contractions.This TCP can generate a tensile stroke of 20.1%and a specific work capacity of up to 1.3 kJ kg^(−1) during temperature changes from 20 to 180℃.Moreover,the nylon yarn artificial muscle produced a reversible output stress of 28.4 MPa,which is 100 times larger than human skeletal muscle.A robot arm and a simple gripper were made to demonstrate the isobaric actuation and isometric actuation of our TCP muscle,repectivley.Thus,the polymer artificial muscles with dual-mode actuation show potential applications in the field of robotics,grippers,and exoskeletons and so on.
基金supported by Ministry of Science and Tech-nology of China(2016YFB0301105-2).
文摘With the research development of the magnesium alloys,the deformation or stress corrosion induced by residual stress(RS)attracted extensive interests in industry and research efforts extensive.However,there are relatively few studies on the RS of magnesium alloys in the world.The generation cause of RS in magnesium alloys was analyzed at first.Several methods of determinate the RS,including destructive methods(drilling hole,crack compliance,layer exfoliation etc.)and non-destructive methods(X-ray Diffraction,Neutron Diffraction,Short Wavelength X-ray Diffraction)were summarized.The factors that influence the measuring accuracy of XRD method were emphasized.The research trends of RS in magnesium alloys were put forward.
