Title
Design of a novel 3DOF clinostat to produce microgravity for bioengineering applications
Date Issued
06 November 2018
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
conference paper
Author(s)
Santos-Rodriguez F.
Publisher(s)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Abstract
This work presents the design of a novel 3DOF (3 Degrees of Freedom) clinostat to produce microgravity. Such a clinostat is novel because it does not contain an internal hatchery as other clinostats. This peculiarity is unique and allows this machine to produce better results in terms of a smaller microgravity generation. This 3DOF clinostat possesses a set of nonlinear dynamic equations that describe the partial accelerations of each DOF. The mean microgravity generated at the center of the clinostat can be computed using such partial accelerations. In this work, a microgravity of around 10-3 g has been achieved, which is a smaller microgravity generated by a RPM (Random Positioning Machine), which is also a clinostat. Results of this work are verified via intensive simulation studies in the form of graphs for different rotational frame speeds of the clinostat since this variable can substantially modify the desired outcomes. A smaller microgravity generator can be directly translated to a more accurate representation of true microgravity in outer space, producing a huge impact on bioengineering applications, since this clinostat allows performing outer space studies on earth with faithful results and with a minimum cost.
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería eléctrica, Ingeniería electrónica
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85058045716
Source
Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE 25th International Conference on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing, INTERCON 2018
ISBN of the container
9781538654903
Conference
25th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing, INTERCON 2018
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