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. fast and conveniently. In recent years, it is widely used
. in the on-line and real-time 3D testing of automotive and
Optical grating
. aviation industries.
Force sensor .
Cantilever . The basic principle works when 2D coordinates of a point
. are obtained from two or more groups of the cameras. The
Nut
Seal Section View . spatial coordinates of the point can then be calculated. In
. the actual device, two cameras are used. Figure 5 shows an
Lead
CCD .
screw
. image of the compression deformation of the weather-
Stepper . stripping seal at a moment in time. After filtration, gray con-
motor
. version and histogram correction, the image is shown in Fig-
. ure 6, in which, except at the 4 measured points, there is an
. interference point that cannot be effectively removed with
. the filtration program. Most measured points are circular or
. elliptical, so the center of the points can be obtained by using
Fig. 3: Abridged general view of measurement system . the energy method4. The X, Y coordinates of the center are
. as follows:
.
.
In this paper, a recursive algorithm is used to remove the . from the upper to the lower edge of the image of the camera.
interference signal that escapes the filtration according to . Then, the camera is rotated to a given angle, making the
the fact that the energy (area) of the measured point is . measured area move from the left to the right edge of the
greatly different from that of the interference point. Figure . image. Figure 8 shows the results of the above experiment.
7 is the main flow process chart of the procedure. .
. According to Figure 8, the results of the stereovision system
The location of the energy center of the ‘bright spot’ in the . are very close to that of the grating within the measurement
image is acquired after running the procedure. After further .
. range. Therefore, the conclusion is that that the stereovision
calculation, the spatial position of the measured point can .
be obtained. .
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With the method above, the respective size and direction of .
the measured points in the section are known by measuring .
Start
I=1
N
Y
End
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measurement system has high accuracy, which is minimally . 2.5
influenced by the position in the image with minor change .
2
of the distance between the point and the camera. .
. 1.5
Displacement (mm)
0.5
kinds of weather-stripping seals with a total compression of .
6.5 mm is measured respectively. In the process of compres- . 0
Displacement (mm)
. 0.5
-2 . 0
.
-3 . -0.5
.
-1
-4 Displacement in Z Direction .
. Displacement in Z Direction
Displacement in Y Direction -1.5 Displacement in Y Direction
-5 .
Displacement in X Direction . -2 Displacement in X Direction
-6 .
-2.5
0 -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 .
0 -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6
Seal Compression (mm)
.
. Seal Compression (mm)
.
Fig. 10a: Relationship between the displacement of point 1 . Fig. 10d: Relationship between the displacement of point 4
and seal compression . and seal compression
.
0 . The results of the above experiments play an important role
. in studying the deformation performance of weather-
Displacement in Y direction (mm)
–2
. stripping and verification of FEA results.
–4 .
. CONCLUSION
–6
.
–8 . With the testing system of the weather-stripping compres-
. sion deformation we have developed, the complex force—
–10
. displacement—deformation response can be obtained, which
–12 . is helpful to determine the effects of different structures of
. weather-stripping on the closing effort. This work also indi-
–14
. cates the fundamentals of design and optimization of
–16 . weather-stripping with advanced CAE software.
.
–18
–5 0 5 10 .
Displacement in X direction (mm) . References
— movement of the points on the seal of Santana B2
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+ — movement of the points on the seal of Santana 2000 Analysis of Automotive Door Weather-stripping Seals,’’ Finite Ele-
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Fig. 11: Measurement results of seal deformation . 2. Li, D.K., Optical Grating Measuring Technology, Metering
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reflect the deformation of weather-stripping. The square (▫) . House of Tsinghua University, Beijing, P.R. China (1992).
stands for weather-stripping of Santana B2 and the plus (⫹) . 4. Xu, J.H., Image Processing and Analyzing, Science Publishing
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