FEM for Load Capacity

In this section, we are mainly concerned with the impact of groove depth and wall thickness on the load.

3 loads:

• Step-1: pressure and concentrated force
• Step-2: a contrary concentrated force

So, we can finally get the side of the airbag when fully Inflated, the arm can maintain the level of the load.

Then wo can get the load moment which represents the load capacity of this structure.

Cae here

Bibliography

Jiang et al. (2016) Design and Simulation Analysis of a Soft Elastomer Manipulator based on Honeycomb Pneumatic Networks.

Sun et al. (2016) FLEXIBLE HONEYCOMB PNEUNETS ROBOTS.

Jiang et al. (2017) A Two-Level Approach for Solving the Inverse Kinematics of an Extensible Soft Arm Considering Viscoelastic Behavior.

Jiang et al. (2016) Design and Simulation Analysis of a Soft Manipulator Based on Honeycomb Pneumatic Networks.

Giri et al. (2010) Continuum robots and underactuated grasping

Grissom, et al. (2006) Design and experimental testing of the OctArm soft robot manipulator.

Contributors

Hao Jiang

Zhanchi Wang

Xinghua Liu

Xiaotong Chen

Yusong Jin

Hao Sun

Xiaoping Chen