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Complete Balancing of the Six-Bar Mechanism Using Fully Cartesian Coordinates and Multiobjective Differential Evolution Optimization

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MATHEMATICS
Volume 10, Issue 11, Pages -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/math10111830

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six-bar mechanism; dynamic balancing; fully Cartesian coordinates; multiobjective optimization; differential evolution; Pareto front

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This paper presents a novel approach to complete balancing optimization of a six-bar mechanism using counterweights. By solving a multi-objective optimization problem, the system is balanced by minimizing shaking force and shaking moment. The use of fully Cartesian coordinates and the Pareto front determination contribute to the effectiveness of this approach.
The high-speed operation of unbalanced machines may cause vibrations that lead to noise, wear, and fatigue that will eventually limit their efficiency and operating life. To restrain such vibrations, a complete balancing must be performed. This paper presents the complete balancing optimization of a six-bar mechanism with the use of counterweights. A novel method based on fully Cartesian coordinates (FCC) is proposed to represent such a balanced mechanism. A multiobjective optimization problem was solved using the Differential Evolution (DE) algorithm to minimize the shaking force (ShF) and the shaking moment (ShM) and thus balance the system. The Pareto front is used to determine the best solutions according to three optimization criteria: only the ShF, only the ShM, and both the ShF and ShM. The dimensions of the counterweights are further fine-tuned with an analysis of their partial derivatives, volumes, and area-thickness relations. Numerical results show that the ShF and ShM can be reduced by 76.82% and 77.21%, respectively, when importance is given to either of them and by 45.69% and 46.81%, respectively, when equal importance is given to both. A comparison of these results with others previously reported in the literature shows that the use of FCC in conjunction with DE is a suitable methodology for the complete balancing of mechanisms.

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