Wood, D. A. (David A.) (2006) Making better springs using aspects of chaos theory. In: Conference on Bifurcations - The Use and Control of Chaos, University of Southampton, Southampton, England, July 28th - 30th, 2003. Published in: Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, Vol.220 (No.3). pp. 253-259.

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Abstract

This paper outlines two projects concerned with the quality testing of wire and strip metal used for the formation of springs and attempts of in-line control of a (helical) spring coiling machine for wire. The Fracmat project was a highly successful attempt to test wire for its coilability, which is known to be due to sequential variability. Methods from chaos theory, notably the Packard-Takens plot, were used to extract information that had otherwise been ignored to produce a test that could successfully distinguish between good wire and poor wire which otherwise satisfied all other available quality tolerances.

Item Type:	Conference Item (Paper)
Subjects:	T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Divisions:	Faculty of Science > Mathematics
Journal or Publication Title:	Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science
Publisher:	Sage Publications Ltd.
ISSN:	0954-4062
Date:	March 2006
Volume:	Vol.220
Number:	No.3
Number of Pages:	7
Page Range:	pp. 253-259
Identification Number:	10.1243/095440606X79136
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Conference Paper Type:	Paper
Title of Event:	Conference on Bifurcations - The Use and Control of Chaos
Type of Event:	Conference
Location of Event:	University of Southampton, Southampton, England
Date(s) of Event:	July 28th - 30th, 2003
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/33623

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