A Motion Amplifier Using an Axially Driven Buckling Beam: I. Design and Experiments |
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Authors: | Jie Jiang Eric Mockensturm |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 157 Hammond Building, University Park, PA 16802, USA |
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Abstract: | For active materials such as piezoelectric stacks, which produce large force and small displacement, motion amplification
mechanisms are often necessary – not simply to trade force for displacement, but to increase the output work transferred through
a compliant structure. Here, a new concept for obtaining large rotations from small linear displacements produced by a piezoelectric
stack is proposed and analyzed. The concept uses elastic (buckling) and dynamic instabilities of an axially driven buckling
beam. The optimal design of the buckling beam end conditions was determined from a static analysis of the system using Euler's
elastica theory. This analysis was verified experimentally. A stack-driven, buckling beam prototype actuator consisting of
a pre-compressed PZT stack (140 mm long, 10 mm diameter) and a thin steel beam (60 mm× 12 mm× 0.508 mm) was constructed. The
buckling beam served as the motion amplifier, while the PZT stack provided the actuation. The experimental setup, measuring
instrumentation and method, the beam pre-loading condition, and the excitation are fully described in the paper. Frequency
responses of the system for three pre-loading levels and three stack driving amplitudes were obtained. A maximum 16∘ peak-to-peak rotation was measured when the stack was driven at an amplitude of 325 V and frequency of 39 Hz. The effects
of beam pre-load were also studied. |
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Keywords: | actuator buckling beam motion amplifier piezoelectric stacks |
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