Multibody simulations of a distributed-compliance helical transmission joint for largely misaligned shafts
Sorgonà Orazio, Giannini Oliviero, Cirelli Marco, Pier Paolo Valentini
download PDFAbstract. The manuscript presents the development of a flexible multibody model to study the behavior of a distributed-compliance helical transmission joint. This kind of joint has not already been studied in literature and its simulation challenges with complexities. The flexible multibody approach breaks through these and provides some interesting results. It’s exposed first upon the kinematic behavior of the joint; then a stress analysis is provided; and lastly the results of dynamical tests are shown.
Keywords
Transmission Joints, Compliant Mechanisms, Machined Springs, Flexible Multibody Simulations
Published online 3/17/2022, 6 pages
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Citation: Sorgonà Orazio, Giannini Oliviero, Cirelli Marco, Pier Paolo Valentini, Multibody simulations of a distributed-compliance helical transmission joint for largely misaligned shafts, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 26, pp 671-676, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644902431-108
The article was published as article 108 of the book Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
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