Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina 2018, 20(1):55-60 | DOI: 10.26552/com.C.2018.1.55-60

Micromachine for Locomotion Inside Pipe

Lubica Mikova1, Ivan Virgala1, Michal Kelemen1, Tomas Liptak1, Darina Hroncova1
1 Department of Mechatronics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia

The paper deals with miniature machine for locomotion inside pipe. It uses impact energy as a principle of motion. Dynamics description and simulation model has been created. The deviations of the features are resulting from the fact that within the simulation model the friction between the bristle and the pipe wall is presented through the model not regarding the variability of the friction force and existing geometric deviations of the pipe inner surface.

Keywords: mobile machine; pipelines; simulation

Published: March 31, 2018  Show citation

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Mikova, L., Virgala, I., Kelemen, M., Liptak, T., & Hroncova, D. (2018). Micromachine for Locomotion Inside Pipe. Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina, 20(1), 55-60. doi: 10.26552/com.C.2018.1.55-60
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