Title :
Study of cylinder/plan capillary force near millimeter scale and experimental validation
Author :
Vitard, Julien ; Régnier, Stéphane ; Lambert, Pierre
Author_Institution :
Lab. de Robotique de Paris, Fontenay-aux-Roses
Abstract :
The theoretical study presented in this paper aims at proposing two capillary forces models related to manipulation of cylindrical and prismatic components. The underlying application framework is related to the objectives of the European NanoRAC project, which are the manipulation and characterization of nanocomponents such as nanotubes or nanowires. The analytical equivalence of Laplace and energetical method in the case of prism/plane interaction has been demonstrated, and then applied numerically to the cylinder/plane interaction. First experiments at millimeter scale on cylinders are introduced.
Keywords :
capillarity; fluid dynamics; micromanipulators; nanotubes; nanowires; European NanoRAC project; capillary force model; cylindrical components; nanocomponents; nanotubes; nanowires; prism-plane interaction; prismatic components; Computational geometry; Difference equations; Laplace equations; Manufacturing; Nanotubes; Nanowires; Robotic assembly; Shape; Solid modeling; USA Councils;
Conference_Titel :
Assembly and Manufacturing, 2007. ISAM '07. IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Ann Arbor, MI
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0563-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0563-7
DOI :
10.1109/ISAM.2007.4288476
