Characterization of Mckibben Pneumatic artificial muscle
McKibben Muscle, also known as Pneumatic Artificial Muscle, is widely used today. Its characteristic compliance and versatility makes it suitable for various uses ranging from hard-duty industrial use to mimicking human muscle. This project studied the various characteristics of McKibben muscle...
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| author | Renung Kinanthi. |
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| description | McKibben Muscle, also known as Pneumatic Artificial Muscle, is widely used today. Its characteristic compliance and versatility makes it suitable for various uses ranging from hard-duty industrial use to mimicking human muscle.
This project studied the various characteristics of McKibben muscle with the hope of gaining a base understanding of characteristics of McKibben muscles that have never been the focuses of previous research.
Several different characteristics were studied in this project, namely contraction length, diameter expansion, muscle stiffness, and activation time. All characteristics were studied in their relationship to the operating pressures used to energize the muscle. All other parameters were kept constant to ensure that no relationships between the factors can contribute anything to the operation of the muscle.
This project culminated in the generation of four characteristics curves of this muscle. It was found that the muscle behaves in non-linear fashion in all the characteristics studied. This confirmed the existing convention of the non-linearity of the muscle, as well as providing insight on characteristics that were not much studied before. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/541462023-03-04T18:34:13Z Characterization of Mckibben Pneumatic artificial muscle Renung Kinanthi. School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Domenico Campolo Tegoeh Tjahjowidodo DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering McKibben Muscle, also known as Pneumatic Artificial Muscle, is widely used today. Its characteristic compliance and versatility makes it suitable for various uses ranging from hard-duty industrial use to mimicking human muscle. This project studied the various characteristics of McKibben muscle with the hope of gaining a base understanding of characteristics of McKibben muscles that have never been the focuses of previous research. Several different characteristics were studied in this project, namely contraction length, diameter expansion, muscle stiffness, and activation time. All characteristics were studied in their relationship to the operating pressures used to energize the muscle. All other parameters were kept constant to ensure that no relationships between the factors can contribute anything to the operation of the muscle. This project culminated in the generation of four characteristics curves of this muscle. It was found that the muscle behaves in non-linear fashion in all the characteristics studied. This confirmed the existing convention of the non-linearity of the muscle, as well as providing insight on characteristics that were not much studied before. Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) 2013-06-14T03:54:11Z 2013-06-14T03:54:11Z 2013 2013 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/54146 en Nanyang Technological University 56 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering Renung Kinanthi. Characterization of Mckibben Pneumatic artificial muscle |
| title | Characterization of Mckibben Pneumatic artificial muscle |
| title_full | Characterization of Mckibben Pneumatic artificial muscle |
| title_fullStr | Characterization of Mckibben Pneumatic artificial muscle |
| title_full_unstemmed | Characterization of Mckibben Pneumatic artificial muscle |
| title_short | Characterization of Mckibben Pneumatic artificial muscle |
| title_sort | characterization of mckibben pneumatic artificial muscle |
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