International Journal of Frontiers in Engineering Technology, 2021, 3(3); doi: 10.25236/IJFET.2021.030305.
Yong Wei, Juncheng Lv, Yonghui Jia
SAIC GM Wuling Automobile Co., Ltd., No.18 Hexi Road, Liunan District, Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, 545007, China
The design of wheel six-component force sensor includes elastic body, strain gauges distribution scheme, signal acquisition and processing and so on. In this paper, the virtual calibration test is used to optimize the structure of the sensor elastic body. According to the structure and principle of the self-developed six component force sensor calibration test-bed, a set of calibration device is designed for the sensor. The stress distribution and strain output of the elastic body are obtained by finite element method. The optimization of elastic body is carried out from the requirements of material strength and coupling rate of output signal. Finally, the sensor elastic body structure which meets the strength requirements and has low coupling rate is obtained.
wheel six-component force sensor; structure optimization; virtual calibration test; finite element method
Yong Wei, Juncheng Lv, Yonghui Jia. Optimal design of sensor structure based on virtual calibration test. International Journal of Frontiers in Engineering Technology (2021), Vol. 3, Issue 3: 28-35. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJFET.2021.030305.
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