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Operational performance analysis of spiral capsule robot in multiphase fluid

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2018

Liang Liang ,
Bai Chen ,
Yong Tang ,
Yan Xu  and
Yu Liu
Liang Liang*
Affiliation:
School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Changsha University, Changsha 410022, China
Bai Chen*
Affiliation:
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Precision and Mico-Manufacturing Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China
Yong Tang*
Affiliation:
School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Changsha University, Changsha 410022, China
Yan Xu*
Affiliation:
School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Changsha University, Changsha 410022, China
Yu Liu*
Affiliation:
School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Changsha University, Changsha 410022, China
*
*Corresponding author. E-mail: fatliangliang@126.com E-mail: tangyong@ccsu.edu.cn, xuyan@ccsu.edu.cn, wind_liuyu@163.com, chenbye@nuaa.edu.cn
*Corresponding author. E-mail: fatliangliang@126.com E-mail: tangyong@ccsu.edu.cn, xuyan@ccsu.edu.cn, wind_liuyu@163.com, chenbye@nuaa.edu.cn
*Corresponding author. E-mail: fatliangliang@126.com E-mail: tangyong@ccsu.edu.cn, xuyan@ccsu.edu.cn, wind_liuyu@163.com, chenbye@nuaa.edu.cn
*Corresponding author. E-mail: fatliangliang@126.com E-mail: tangyong@ccsu.edu.cn, xuyan@ccsu.edu.cn, wind_liuyu@163.com, chenbye@nuaa.edu.cn
*Corresponding author. E-mail: fatliangliang@126.com E-mail: tangyong@ccsu.edu.cn, xuyan@ccsu.edu.cn, wind_liuyu@163.com, chenbye@nuaa.edu.cn
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Summary

Minimally invasive surgery is a developing direction of modern medicine. With the successful development of controllable capsule endoscopies, capsule robots are very popular in the field of gastrointestinal medicine. At present, the study of intestinal robots is aimed at the pipeline environment of a single-phase liquid flow. But there exist food residues (i.e. solid particles) or liquid foods in the actual intestine, so intestinal fluid should be liquid–solid or liquid–liquid two-phase mixed fluid. For inner spiral capsule robots with different internal diameters and outer spiral capsule robots, using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method, the operational performance indicators (i.e. axial thrust force, circumferential resisting moment and maximum pressure to pipeline wall) of spiral capsule robots are numerically calculated in the liquid–solid or liquid–liquid two-phase mixed fluid. By the orthogonal experimental optimization method, the optimum design of spiral capsule robots is obtained in the liquid–solid mixed fluid. The experimental verification has been also carried out. The results show that in the liquid–solid two-phase fluid, the axial thrust force and circumferential resisting moment of the spiral capsule robots decrease with the increase of the size or concentration of solid particles. In the same liquid–solid or liquid–liquid mixed fluid, the operational performance indicators of outer spiral robots are much higher than those of inner spiral robots, and the operational performance indicators of inner spiral robots with bigger internal diameters are higher than those with smaller internal diameters. Adding solid particles of high concentration in the pipeline containing liquid will reduce the drive performance of spiral capsule robots, but adding another liquid of high viscosity will improve the drive performance of spiral capsule robots.

Keywords

Liquid–solid two-phase fluidLiquid–liquid two-phase fluidSpiral capsule robotsComputational fluid dynamicsOperational performance
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Robotica , Volume 37 , Issue 2 , February 2019 , pp. 213 - 232
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2018 

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