Title :
Analysis of Pneumatic Balloon Actuator
Author :
Yun, Dongwon ; Kim, Kyung-soo ; Kim, Soohyun ; Park, Heechang
Author_Institution :
Robot. & Mechatron. Res. Center, Korea Inst. of Machinery & Mater., Daejeon, South Korea
Abstract :
This paper describes the analysis of Pneumatic Balloon Actuator (PBA). To do this, Finite Element Method (FEM) is used. In this paper, no-load characteristic of PBA is studied and through this, the displacement and stress of PBA can be calculated.
Keywords :
finite element analysis; intelligent actuators; pneumatic actuators; FEM; PBA displacement; PBA stress; finite element method; no-load characteristic; pneumatic balloon actuator analysis; smart actuator; finite element analysis (FEA); nonlinear analysis; pneumatic balloon actuator (PBA);
Conference_Titel :
Ubiquitous Robots and Ambient Intelligence (URAI), 2011 8th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Incheon
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0722-3
DOI :
10.1109/URAI.2011.6146031
