Analysis and control of kinematic error in harmonic gear drive mechanisms

dc.contributor.advisorGhorbel, Fathi H.en_US
dc.creatorWere, Muhammeden_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-04T08:41:21Zen_US
dc.date.available2009-06-04T08:41:21Zen_US
dc.date.issued1997en_US
dc.description.abstractHarmonic gear drives have found increasing application in high performance and precision servomechanisms due to their attractive physical and dynamic properties. However all harmonic gear drives exhibit undesireable nonlinear kinematic error and the ability to control and compensate this error is limited to obtaining an appropriately accurate and controllable representative mathematical model. A comprehensive literature search revealed a wide effort towards characterization with little or no effort to modeling and control. This work adopts existing models of kinematic error characterized in the literature and presents modeling techiques such that for any model of kinematic error used, the PD-control law will effectively regulate the control variable to the desired position. Additionally, asymptotic stability result reveals that in case of PD control, sensors should be placed to measure at the load end.en_US
dc.format.extent82 p.en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
dc.identifier.callnoTHESIS M.E. 1997 WEREen_US
dc.identifier.citationWere, Muhammed. "Analysis and control of kinematic error in harmonic gear drive mechanisms." (1997) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/17142">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/17142</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/17142en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectMechanical engineeringen_US
dc.titleAnalysis and control of kinematic error in harmonic gear drive mechanismsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentMechanical Engineeringen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineEngineeringen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen_US
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