Date of Award

Summer 1988

Document Type

Thesis - Restricted

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Electrical and Computer Engineering

First Advisor

Stango, Robert J.

Second Advisor

Nigro, Nicholas J.

Third Advisor

Heinrich, Stephen M.

Abstract

In this paper, an analytical procedure is developed for evaluating the filament loading, constrained elastic deformation, maximum stress, resultant force, required torque, and overall stiffness of a circular brush. Filament deformation is computed on the basis of a large deflection mechanics analysis in conjunction with kinematic constraints for a rigid workpart with various geometries and surface finishes. Numerical results are reported which examine the relationship among system geometric parameters, workpart penetration, filament loadings, stiffness property and workpart friction property.

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