Rolling, tilting and spinning spherical wheels: Analytical results using the brush theory
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2022

This paper investigates the rolling dynamics of spherical wheels using the theoretical framework provided by the brush models. The analysis is mainly conducted under the assumption of vanishing sliding inside the contact patch. Different types of kinematics are considered: simply rolling wheels, rolling and tilting, and purely spinning. For the first two cases, a complete solution is derived concerning both the steady-state and transient behaviours. Some qualitative trends for the forces and moments generated inside the contact patch are then provided when accounting for limited friction. For the case of a purely spinning spherical wheel, it is shown that steady-state conditions are never possible owing to the assumption of vanishing sliding. Moreover, it is demonstrated that the shear stresses acting inside the contact patch grow unbounded if the additional contribution relating to the deflection of the bristle is not taken into account when calculating the total sliding velocity. In this case, a stationary solution may be eventually recovered as an asymptotic distribution only by assuming limited friction inside the contact patch.

spherical robots

Rolling contact

friction models

spherical wheels

transient rolling

brush models

Författare

Luigi Romano

Chalmers, Mekanik och maritima vetenskaper, Fordonsteknik och autonoma system

Francesco Timpone

Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

Fredrik Bruzelius

Chalmers, Mekanik och maritima vetenskaper, Fordonsteknik och autonoma system

Bengt J H Jacobson

Chalmers, Mekanik och maritima vetenskaper, Fordonsteknik och autonoma system

Mechanism and Machine Theory

0094-114X (ISSN)

Vol. Volume 173 0094-114X 104836

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Styrkeområden

Transport

Ämneskategorier

Teknisk mekanik

Beräkningsmatematik

Farkostteknik

Fundament

Grundläggande vetenskaper

DOI

10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2022.104836

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