Model ID: 726
Simulation of a Microrobot, 3D
Heat is generated by an electric current and propagates by conduction through the leg and, due to thermal expansion and different thermal expansion coefficients of the leg's materials, a bending action is induced.
Thin layers of Al and SiO have also been modeled using a structural shell application mode and two specific thermal boundary conditions, so that the high and poor conductivity characteristics of each layer is respectively captured.
As the time-scale of the structural mechanics part is much smaller compared to the heat transfer part, we can neglect mass effects in the structural analysis. This allows use of the quasi-statics analysis mode
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Temperature profile (color plot) and structural deformation (deformation plot) of a microrobot leg after 0.01 s. |
Engineering Fields
- Thermal Expansion
- Actuators
Application Areas
- Structural Mechanics
- MEMS
- Heat Transfer
