Static and Vibration Analyses of a Composite CFRP Robot Manipulator
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Abstract
This paper reports analyses of a 5-degrees-of-freedom (5-DOF) carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) robot manipulator, which has been developed for farm applications. The manipulator was made of aluminum alloy (AA) and steel materials. However, to check the effectiveness of CFRP materials on the static and free-vibration performance of the manipulator, the AA parts were replaced with CFRP. For this purpose, the effects of various cross-sections and layups on three design criteria—deflection, load-carrying capacity, and natural frequency—were investigated. Two types of thin-walled laminated sections, specifically the I section and rectangular tubular sections, were used for the composite parts. These parts were made from three hollow square section (“SSS” section) beams and three I section (“III” section) beams. These multi-cell beams were modeled using the finite element (FE) method. Three configurations were selected for analysis based on the manipulator’s most common operating conditions. The results indicated that the use of CFRP increased the manipulator’s natural frequencies, increased the load-carrying capacity, and decreased the manipulator’s tip deflection when compared with its AA counterpart. An analysis showed that using CFRP in the manipulator’s structure could improve static and vibrational performances. It was observed that the “SSS” section beams were 1.17 times stiffer, could carry a 1.20 times higher load, and were 1.40 times heavier than the “III” section beams. Also, decreasing the fiber direction in angle-ply layups from 90° to 0° and adding 0° plies, while keeping the total number of layers constant, decreased the manipulator’s tip deflection and increased its natural frequencies.
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