Effect of Orientation of Fibers and Holes on the Radial Strain Amplification of Campaniform sensilla

作     者：Nickolas L.M.Mani Carlo Menon 

作者机构：MENRVA Research GroupSchool of Engineering ScienceSimon Fraser University MENRVA Research Group School of Engineering Science Simon Fraser University 

出 版 物：《Journal of Bionic Engineering》 (仿生工程学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2010年第7卷第4期

页      面：314-320页

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学科分类：080202[工学-机械电子工程] 08[工学] 0802[工学-机械工程] 

基　　金：supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada and CMC Microsystems 

主　　题：Campaniform sensillum strain sensor FEM ANN optimization 

摘      要：In this paper,a structural analysis is performed to gain insights on the synergistic mechanical amplification effect thatCampaniform sensilla have when combined in an array *** order to simplify the analysis performed in this preliminaryinvestigation,an array of four holes in a single orthotropic lamina is ***,a Finite Element Method(FEM) analysis is performed to discretely assess the influence that different geometrical parameters have on the mechanicalamplification properties of the ***,an artificial neural network is used to obtain an approximated multi-dimensionalcontinuous function,which models the relationship between the geometrical parameters and the amplification properties of ***,an optimization is performed to identify the geometrical parameters yielding the maximum mechanical ***,results are validated with an additional FEM simulation performed by varying geometrical parameters in theneighborhood of the identified optimal *** method proposed in this paper can be fully automated and used to solvea wide range of optimization problems aimed at identifying optimal configurations of strain sensors inspired by Campaniformsensilla.