– The purpose of this paper is to describe a technical creation called a constant-force cylinder, which exhibits more advantages in providing constant force in a low-gravity environment than some existing methods.

    Design/methodology/approach

    – The authors design the constant-force cylinder with simple ideas and realistic applicability that is easy to achieve. The authors analyze and formulate the cylinder, and explain how the realization of constant force and low gravity are obtained during the experiment by calculations. Force analysis and simple mathematics/statistics are used in the calculation.

    Findings

    – The authors prove the effectiveness and accuracy of the constant and low-gravity properties of the new cylinder. In addition, the authors formulate the acceleration value to drive the cylinder which is flexible and easy to be adjusted during the experiment.

    Practical implications

    – The constant-force cylinder can be functioning in a low-gravity environment with simple structures and economical extensions to real-world applications.

    Originality/value

    – This is an innovative design of a constant-force cylinder under the low-gravity environment. In the experiment, the new cylinder was revised from an ordinary and economic cylinder with constant force and the applicability easy to be realized in practice.


    Access

    Check access

    Check availability in my library

    Order at Subito €


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Constant-force cylinder experiment with low-gravity simulation


    Contributors:
    Wang, Shaochun (author) / Zhao, Ru (author)


    Publication date :

    2015-07-06


    Size :

    4 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




    Physical gravity experiment simulation device

    LU YANFENG / LIU SHULONG / LI HONGJUN et al. | European Patent Office | 2022

    Free access


    Gravity Balancing of Parallel Robots by Constant-Force Generators

    Mottola, Giovanni / Cocconcelli, Marco / Rubini, Riccardo et al. | Springer Verlag | 2022



    Collaborative experiment evaluation method for low-gravity simulation system

    CHEN LI / LAN CHAO | European Patent Office | 2023

    Free access