dc.contributor.author | Yan, Y | |
dc.contributor.author | Liu, Y | |
dc.contributor.author | Páez Chávez, J | |
dc.contributor.author | Zonta, F | |
dc.contributor.author | Yusupov, A | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-04-19T08:24:14Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-11-22 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper studies the prototype development for the self-propelled capsule system which is driven by autogenous vibrations and impacts under external resistance forces. This project aims for proof-of-concept of its locomotion in pipeline environment in order to mitigate the technical complexities and difficulties brought by current pressure-driven pipeline inspection technologies. Non-smooth multibody dynamics is applied to describe the motion of the capsule system, and two non-smooth nonlinearities, friction and impact, are considered in modelling. The prototype of the self-propelled capsule system driven by a push-type solenoid with a periodically excited rod has been designed to verify the modelling approach. The prototype contains a microcontroller, a power supply, and a wireless control module, which has been tested in a clear uPVC pipe via remote control. Various control parameters, e.g. impact stiffness, frequency and amplitude of excitation, are studied experimentally, and finally, the fastest progression of the system is obtained. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | The authors would like to acknowledge
the Pathfinder Awards funded by the Agri-Tech in China:
Newton Network? (Grant No. PF002). Dr. Yang Liu would like
to acknowledge the financial support from EPSRC for his First
Grant (Grant No. EP/P023983/1). Dr. Yao Yan was supported
by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant
Nos. 11572224 and 11502048) and the Fundamental Research
Funds for the Central Universities (Grant No.
ZYGX2015KYQD033).
This study was funded by the Agri-Tech in China:
Newton Network? (Grant No. PF002) and the EPSRC Grant
(Grant No. EP/P023983/1). | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Published online 22 November 2017 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s11012-017-0801-3 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/32492 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Springer Verlag for Italian Association of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics | en_GB |
dc.rights | © The Author(s) 2017. Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. | en_GB |
dc.subject | Vibro-impact | en_GB |
dc.subject | Capsule system | en_GB |
dc.subject | Non-smooth dynamical system | en_GB |
dc.subject | Self-propulsion | en_GB |
dc.subject | Pipeline inspection | en_GB |
dc.title | Proof-of-concept prototype development of the self-propelled capsule system for pipeline inspection | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2018-04-19T08:24:14Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0025-6455 | |
pubs.declined | 2018-04-18T17:28:03.507+0100 | |
dc.description | This is the final version of the article. Available from Springer Verlag via the DOI in this record | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Meccanica | en_GB |