Each joint of hydraulic drive quadruped robot is driven by the hydraulic drive unit(HDU),and the contacting between the robot foot end and the ground is complex and variable,which increases the difficulty of force con...Each joint of hydraulic drive quadruped robot is driven by the hydraulic drive unit(HDU),and the contacting between the robot foot end and the ground is complex and variable,which increases the difficulty of force control inevitably.In the recent years,although many scholars researched some control methods such as disturbance rejection control,parameter self-adaptive control,impedance control and so on,to improve the force control performance of HDU,the robustness of the force control still needs improving.Therefore,how to simulate the complex and variable load characteristics of the environment structure and how to ensure HDU having excellent force control performance with the complex and variable load characteristics are key issues to be solved in this paper.The force control system mathematic model of HDU is established by the mechanism modeling method,and the theoretical models of a novel force control compensation method and a load characteristics simulation method under different environment structures are derived,considering the dynamic characteristics of the load stiffness and the load damping under different environment structures.Then,simulation effects of the variable load stiffness and load damping under the step and sinusoidal load force are analyzed experimentally on the HDU force control performance test platform,which provides the foundation for the force control compensation experiment research.In addition,the optimized PID control parameters are designed to make the HDU have better force control performance with suitable load stiffness and load damping,under which the force control compensation method is introduced,and the robustness of the force control system with several constant load characteristics and the variable load characteristics respectively are comparatively analyzed by experiment.The research results indicate that if the load characteristics are known,the force control compensation method presented in this paper has positive compensation effects on the load characteristics variation,i.e.,this method decreases the effects of the load characteristics variation on the force control performance and enhances the force control system robustness with the constant PID parameters,thereby,the online PID parameters tuning control method which is complex needs not be adopted.All the above research provides theoretical and experimental foundation for the force control method of the quadruped robot joints with high robustness.展开更多
Tong's B-type water drive method was proposed as early as the 1970s and has been widely applied in the dynamic prediction and effective evaluation of oilfield development.Through extensive applications and studies...Tong's B-type water drive method was proposed as early as the 1970s and has been widely applied in the dynamic prediction and effective evaluation of oilfield development.Through extensive applications and studies,many researchers found that the statistical constants in the formula of the Tong's B-type water drive method(also referred to as the Tong's B-type formula)are not applicable to multiple types of reservoirs,especially low-permeability ones,due to the limited range of reservoir types when the formula was conceived.Moreover,they put forward suggestions to improve the Tong's B-type formula,most of which focused on the research and calculation of the first constant in the formula.For oilfields in the development stages of high or ultra-high water cuts,it is widely accepted that different types of reservoirs have different limit water cuts.This understanding naturally makes it necessary to further modify the Tong's B-type formula.It is practically significant to establish the water drive formula and cross plot considering that the two constants in the formula vary with reservoir type.By analyzing the derivation process and conditions of the Tong's B-type formula,this study points out two key problems,i.e.,the two constants 7.5 and 1.69 in the formula are not applicable to all types of reservoir.Given this,this study establishes a function between key reservoir parameters and the first constant and another function between key reservoir parameters and recovery efficiency.Based on the established two functions and considering that different types of oil reservoir have different limit water cuts,this study develops an improved Tong's B-type formula and prepares the corresponding improved cross plot.The results of this study will improve the applicability and accuracy of Tong's B-type water drive method in predicting the trend of water cut increasing for different types of oil reservoirs.展开更多
Based on the evaluation of dynamic performance for feed drives in machine tools, this paper presents a two-stage tuning method of servo parameters. In the first stage, the evaluation of dynamic performance, parameter ...Based on the evaluation of dynamic performance for feed drives in machine tools, this paper presents a two-stage tuning method of servo parameters. In the first stage, the evaluation of dynamic performance, parameter tuning and optimization on a mechatronic integrated system simulation platform of feed drives are performed. As a result, a servo parameter combination is acquired. In the second stage, the servo parameter combination from the first stage is set and tuned further in a real machine tool whose dynamic performance is measured and evaluated using the cross grid encoder developed by Heidenhain GmbH. A case study shows that this method simplifies the test process effectively and results in a good dynamic performance in a real machine tool.展开更多
Underwater vehicles play important roles in underwater observation, ocean resource exploration, and sample collection.Soft robots are a unique type of underwater vehicles due to their good environmental adaptability a...Underwater vehicles play important roles in underwater observation, ocean resource exploration, and sample collection.Soft robots are a unique type of underwater vehicles due to their good environmental adaptability and motion flexibility, although they are weak in terms of actuation and response ability. The transient driving method(TDM) was developed to resolve these shortcomings. However, the interaction between the robots’ swift motions and flow fields has not yet been fully studied. In this study, a computational fluid dynamic model is developed to simulate the fluid fields disturbed by transient high-speed motions generated by the robots. Focusing on the dependence of robot dynamics on thrust force and eccentricity, typical structures of both flow and turbulence fields around the robots are obtained to quantitatively analyze robot kinematic performance, velocity distribution, vortex systems, surface pressure, and turbulence. The results demonstrate the high-speed regions at the robots’ heads and tails and the vortex systems due to sudden expansion, indicating a negative relationship between the maximum fluid velocity and eccentricity. The reported results provide useful information for studying the environmental interaction abilities of robots during operating acceleration and steering tasks.展开更多
This paper focuses on the high-voltage safety of drive motor systems in new energy vehicles and conducts standardized research on functional safety design in the concept phase. In view of the lack of high-voltage haza...This paper focuses on the high-voltage safety of drive motor systems in new energy vehicles and conducts standardized research on functional safety design in the concept phase. In view of the lack of high-voltage hazard analysis for drive motor systems in existing standards, based on theories such as GB/T 34590 and ISO 26262, the safety levels are deeply analyzed. The HAZOP method is innovatively used, and 16 types of guidewords are combined to comprehensively analyze the system functions, identifying vehicle hazards such as high-voltage electric shock caused by functional abnormalities, including high-voltage interlock function failure and abnormal active discharge. Subsequently, safety goals such as preventing high-voltage electric shock are set, functional safety requirements such as accurately obtaining collision signals and timely discharging high-voltage electricity are formulated, and requirements for external signal sources and other technologies are clearly defined, constructing a complete high-voltage safety protection system. The research results provide important technical support and standardized references for the high-voltage safety functional design of drive motor systems in new energy vehicles, and are of great significance for improving the high-voltage safety level of the new energy vehicle industry, expecting to play a key role in subsequent product development and standard improvement.展开更多
Adverse weather has a considerable impact on the behavior of drivers,which puts vehicles and drivers in hazardous situations that can easily cause traffic accidents.This research examines how drivers'perceived ris...Adverse weather has a considerable impact on the behavior of drivers,which puts vehicles and drivers in hazardous situations that can easily cause traffic accidents.This research examines how drivers'perceived risk changes during car following under different adverse weather conditions by using driving simulation experiment.An expressway road scenario was built in a driving simulator.Eleven types of weather conditions,including clear sky,four levels of fog,four levels of rain and two levels of snow,were designed.Furthermore,to simulate the carfollowing behavior,three car-following situations were designed according to the motion of the lead car.Seven car-following indicators were extracted based on risk homeostasis theory.Then,the entropy weight method was used to integrate the selected indicators into an index to represent the drivers'perceived risk.Multiple linear regression was applied to measure the influence of adverse weather conditions on perceived risk,and the coefficients were considered as indicators.The results demonstrate that both the weather conditions and road type have significant effects on car-following behavior.Drivers'perceived risk tends to increase with the worsening weather conditions.Under conditions of extremely poor visibility,such as heavy dense fog,the measured drivers'perceived risk is low due to the difficulties in vehicle operation and limited visibility.展开更多
Tunneling machines, or excavators, are large and good conductors and affect the reliability of data gathering and interpretation in advanced detection using transient electromagnetic methods. In our experiment, we use...Tunneling machines, or excavators, are large and good conductors and affect the reliability of data gathering and interpretation in advanced detection using transient electromagnetic methods. In our experiment, we used a coincident-loop and central loop type of configuration, where the coil plane l） vertical to and 2） parallel to the working face. A SIROTEM instrument at different locations was used to observe the transient electromagnetic responses of the excavator and to analyze the response amplitudes. The result shows that the tunneling machine affects the advanced detection data and is related to the way the coil is coupled. When the excavator is 6 m from the observatory, the interference of tunneling machine can be ignored.展开更多
In this paper,a kind of lateral stability control strategy is put forward about the four wheel independent drive electric vehicle.The design of control system adopts hierarchical structure.Unlike the previous control ...In this paper,a kind of lateral stability control strategy is put forward about the four wheel independent drive electric vehicle.The design of control system adopts hierarchical structure.Unlike the previous control strategy,this paper introduces a method which is the combination of sliding mode control and optimal allocation algorithm.According to the driver’s operation commands(steering angle and speed),the steady state responses of the sideslip angle and yaw rate are obtained.Based on this,the reference model is built.Upper controller adopts the sliding mode control principle to obtain the desired yawing moment demand.Lower controller is designed to satisfy the desired yawing moment demand by optimal allocation of the tire longitudinal forces.Firstly,the optimization goal is built to minimize the actuator cost.Secondly,the weighted least-square method is used to design the tire longitudinal forces optimization distribution strategy under the constraint conditions of actuator and the friction oval.Beyond that,when the optimal allocation algorithm is not applied,a method of axial load ratio distribution is adopted.Finally,Car Sim associated with Simulink simulation experiments are designed under the conditions of different velocities and different pavements.The simulation results show that the control strategy designed in this paper has a good following effect comparing with the reference model and the sideslip angle is controlled within a small rang at the same time.Beyond that,based on the optimal distribution mode,the electromagnetic torque phase of each wheel can follow the trend of the vertical force of the tire,which shows the effectiveness of the optimal distribution algorithm.展开更多
Lead zirconate titanium solid-solution (PZT) thin films with variousthickness are synthesized on titanium substrates by repeated hydrothermal treatments. Young modulus,electric-field-induced displacement and the densi...Lead zirconate titanium solid-solution (PZT) thin films with variousthickness are synthesized on titanium substrates by repeated hydrothermal treatments. Young modulus,electric-field-induced displacement and the density of the PZT film are measured respectively.Bimorph- type bending actuators are fabricated using these films. The model, which is used toanalyze the driving ability of bimorph-type bending actuators by hydrothermal method, is set up. Itcan be seen that the driving ability of bimorph-type bending actuators can be greatly improved byoptimizing the thickness of PZT thin film and substrate from the theoretical analysis results. Themeasured values are expected to agree with the theoretical values calculated by the above model.展开更多
基金Supported by National Key Basic Research Program of China(973 Program,Grant No.2014CB046405)State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems(Zhejiang University)Open Fund Project(Grant No.GZKF-201502)Hebei Military and Civilian Industry Development Funds Projects of China(Grant No.2015B060)
文摘Each joint of hydraulic drive quadruped robot is driven by the hydraulic drive unit(HDU),and the contacting between the robot foot end and the ground is complex and variable,which increases the difficulty of force control inevitably.In the recent years,although many scholars researched some control methods such as disturbance rejection control,parameter self-adaptive control,impedance control and so on,to improve the force control performance of HDU,the robustness of the force control still needs improving.Therefore,how to simulate the complex and variable load characteristics of the environment structure and how to ensure HDU having excellent force control performance with the complex and variable load characteristics are key issues to be solved in this paper.The force control system mathematic model of HDU is established by the mechanism modeling method,and the theoretical models of a novel force control compensation method and a load characteristics simulation method under different environment structures are derived,considering the dynamic characteristics of the load stiffness and the load damping under different environment structures.Then,simulation effects of the variable load stiffness and load damping under the step and sinusoidal load force are analyzed experimentally on the HDU force control performance test platform,which provides the foundation for the force control compensation experiment research.In addition,the optimized PID control parameters are designed to make the HDU have better force control performance with suitable load stiffness and load damping,under which the force control compensation method is introduced,and the robustness of the force control system with several constant load characteristics and the variable load characteristics respectively are comparatively analyzed by experiment.The research results indicate that if the load characteristics are known,the force control compensation method presented in this paper has positive compensation effects on the load characteristics variation,i.e.,this method decreases the effects of the load characteristics variation on the force control performance and enhances the force control system robustness with the constant PID parameters,thereby,the online PID parameters tuning control method which is complex needs not be adopted.All the above research provides theoretical and experimental foundation for the force control method of the quadruped robot joints with high robustness.
文摘Tong's B-type water drive method was proposed as early as the 1970s and has been widely applied in the dynamic prediction and effective evaluation of oilfield development.Through extensive applications and studies,many researchers found that the statistical constants in the formula of the Tong's B-type water drive method(also referred to as the Tong's B-type formula)are not applicable to multiple types of reservoirs,especially low-permeability ones,due to the limited range of reservoir types when the formula was conceived.Moreover,they put forward suggestions to improve the Tong's B-type formula,most of which focused on the research and calculation of the first constant in the formula.For oilfields in the development stages of high or ultra-high water cuts,it is widely accepted that different types of reservoirs have different limit water cuts.This understanding naturally makes it necessary to further modify the Tong's B-type formula.It is practically significant to establish the water drive formula and cross plot considering that the two constants in the formula vary with reservoir type.By analyzing the derivation process and conditions of the Tong's B-type formula,this study points out two key problems,i.e.,the two constants 7.5 and 1.69 in the formula are not applicable to all types of reservoir.Given this,this study establishes a function between key reservoir parameters and the first constant and another function between key reservoir parameters and recovery efficiency.Based on the established two functions and considering that different types of oil reservoir have different limit water cuts,this study develops an improved Tong's B-type formula and prepares the corresponding improved cross plot.The results of this study will improve the applicability and accuracy of Tong's B-type water drive method in predicting the trend of water cut increasing for different types of oil reservoirs.
基金This paper is supported by the Major State Basic Research Development Program of China under Grant No2005CB724101the Key Items Program of International Science and Technology Cooperation of China under Grant No2003DF000021
文摘Based on the evaluation of dynamic performance for feed drives in machine tools, this paper presents a two-stage tuning method of servo parameters. In the first stage, the evaluation of dynamic performance, parameter tuning and optimization on a mechatronic integrated system simulation platform of feed drives are performed. As a result, a servo parameter combination is acquired. In the second stage, the servo parameter combination from the first stage is set and tuned further in a real machine tool whose dynamic performance is measured and evaluated using the cross grid encoder developed by Heidenhain GmbH. A case study shows that this method simplifies the test process effectively and results in a good dynamic performance in a real machine tool.
基金supported by the Key Research and Development Program of Zhejiang Province (No. 2021C03180), Chinathe Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 226-2022-00096), China+2 种基金the Startup Fund of the Hundred Talent Program at Zhejiang University, Chinathe China Scholarship Council (No. 202006320349)the Tezhi Program of Zhejiang Province (No. 2021R52049), China。
文摘Underwater vehicles play important roles in underwater observation, ocean resource exploration, and sample collection.Soft robots are a unique type of underwater vehicles due to their good environmental adaptability and motion flexibility, although they are weak in terms of actuation and response ability. The transient driving method(TDM) was developed to resolve these shortcomings. However, the interaction between the robots’ swift motions and flow fields has not yet been fully studied. In this study, a computational fluid dynamic model is developed to simulate the fluid fields disturbed by transient high-speed motions generated by the robots. Focusing on the dependence of robot dynamics on thrust force and eccentricity, typical structures of both flow and turbulence fields around the robots are obtained to quantitatively analyze robot kinematic performance, velocity distribution, vortex systems, surface pressure, and turbulence. The results demonstrate the high-speed regions at the robots’ heads and tails and the vortex systems due to sudden expansion, indicating a negative relationship between the maximum fluid velocity and eccentricity. The reported results provide useful information for studying the environmental interaction abilities of robots during operating acceleration and steering tasks.
文摘This paper focuses on the high-voltage safety of drive motor systems in new energy vehicles and conducts standardized research on functional safety design in the concept phase. In view of the lack of high-voltage hazard analysis for drive motor systems in existing standards, based on theories such as GB/T 34590 and ISO 26262, the safety levels are deeply analyzed. The HAZOP method is innovatively used, and 16 types of guidewords are combined to comprehensively analyze the system functions, identifying vehicle hazards such as high-voltage electric shock caused by functional abnormalities, including high-voltage interlock function failure and abnormal active discharge. Subsequently, safety goals such as preventing high-voltage electric shock are set, functional safety requirements such as accurately obtaining collision signals and timely discharging high-voltage electricity are formulated, and requirements for external signal sources and other technologies are clearly defined, constructing a complete high-voltage safety protection system. The research results provide important technical support and standardized references for the high-voltage safety functional design of drive motor systems in new energy vehicles, and are of great significance for improving the high-voltage safety level of the new energy vehicle industry, expecting to play a key role in subsequent product development and standard improvement.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China project(61672067)Science and Technology Program of Beijing(Z151100002115040)
文摘Adverse weather has a considerable impact on the behavior of drivers,which puts vehicles and drivers in hazardous situations that can easily cause traffic accidents.This research examines how drivers'perceived risk changes during car following under different adverse weather conditions by using driving simulation experiment.An expressway road scenario was built in a driving simulator.Eleven types of weather conditions,including clear sky,four levels of fog,four levels of rain and two levels of snow,were designed.Furthermore,to simulate the carfollowing behavior,three car-following situations were designed according to the motion of the lead car.Seven car-following indicators were extracted based on risk homeostasis theory.Then,the entropy weight method was used to integrate the selected indicators into an index to represent the drivers'perceived risk.Multiple linear regression was applied to measure the influence of adverse weather conditions on perceived risk,and the coefficients were considered as indicators.The results demonstrate that both the weather conditions and road type have significant effects on car-following behavior.Drivers'perceived risk tends to increase with the worsening weather conditions.Under conditions of extremely poor visibility,such as heavy dense fog,the measured drivers'perceived risk is low due to the difficulties in vehicle operation and limited visibility.
基金support received from the National Basic Research Program of China (No2007CB209400)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No50774085)the Young Scientists Fund of the School Science Foundation of CUMT (No2008A046)
文摘Tunneling machines, or excavators, are large and good conductors and affect the reliability of data gathering and interpretation in advanced detection using transient electromagnetic methods. In our experiment, we used a coincident-loop and central loop type of configuration, where the coil plane l） vertical to and 2） parallel to the working face. A SIROTEM instrument at different locations was used to observe the transient electromagnetic responses of the excavator and to analyze the response amplitudes. The result shows that the tunneling machine affects the advanced detection data and is related to the way the coil is coupled. When the excavator is 6 m from the observatory, the interference of tunneling machine can be ignored.
基金supported by the National Nature Science Foundation(U1664263)National Key R&D Program of China(2016YFB0101102)。
文摘In this paper,a kind of lateral stability control strategy is put forward about the four wheel independent drive electric vehicle.The design of control system adopts hierarchical structure.Unlike the previous control strategy,this paper introduces a method which is the combination of sliding mode control and optimal allocation algorithm.According to the driver’s operation commands(steering angle and speed),the steady state responses of the sideslip angle and yaw rate are obtained.Based on this,the reference model is built.Upper controller adopts the sliding mode control principle to obtain the desired yawing moment demand.Lower controller is designed to satisfy the desired yawing moment demand by optimal allocation of the tire longitudinal forces.Firstly,the optimization goal is built to minimize the actuator cost.Secondly,the weighted least-square method is used to design the tire longitudinal forces optimization distribution strategy under the constraint conditions of actuator and the friction oval.Beyond that,when the optimal allocation algorithm is not applied,a method of axial load ratio distribution is adopted.Finally,Car Sim associated with Simulink simulation experiments are designed under the conditions of different velocities and different pavements.The simulation results show that the control strategy designed in this paper has a good following effect comparing with the reference model and the sideslip angle is controlled within a small rang at the same time.Beyond that,based on the optimal distribution mode,the electromagnetic torque phase of each wheel can follow the trend of the vertical force of the tire,which shows the effectiveness of the optimal distribution algorithm.
基金This project is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.90207003) and Returnee Foundation of Dalian.
文摘Lead zirconate titanium solid-solution (PZT) thin films with variousthickness are synthesized on titanium substrates by repeated hydrothermal treatments. Young modulus,electric-field-induced displacement and the density of the PZT film are measured respectively.Bimorph- type bending actuators are fabricated using these films. The model, which is used toanalyze the driving ability of bimorph-type bending actuators by hydrothermal method, is set up. Itcan be seen that the driving ability of bimorph-type bending actuators can be greatly improved byoptimizing the thickness of PZT thin film and substrate from the theoretical analysis results. Themeasured values are expected to agree with the theoretical values calculated by the above model.
