Abstract: Thermoeconomic diagnosis procedures in the literature rely on the assumption that specific consumptions of resources in the components are the key to interpret the effects of malfunctions and ...

Abstract: Diagnosis procedures primarily aim at locating the control volumes where anomalies occurred. This is not a simple task since the effects of anomalies generally propagate through the whole system ...

Abstract: Energy system performance may differ from the expected one during actual operation because of the effects of faults, anomalies, and wear and tear due to normal use. One of the main issues ...

Abstract: Field measurements of ship-generated waves were performed in the Cagliari Harbor where tugboats are significant wave generators that can adversely affect small-sized moored vessels. A method is proposed in which the major ...

Abstract: Existing models have failed to capture the stochastic nature of input variables for the value-for-money (VfM) analysis in build–operate–transfer (BOT) infrastructure projects. The present study aims to address this knowledge ...

Abstract: A classical approach to the multibody systems (MBS) modeling is to use absolute coordinates, i.e., a set of (possibly redundant) coordinates that describe the absolute position and orientation of the individual bodies with ...

Abstract: Dynamics modeling is indispensable for the design and control of dexterous parallel kinematic manipulators/machines (PKM). Various modeling approaches proposed in the literature build upon the classical formulations for ...

Abstract: Soft rods and tubular elements are the main building blocks of continuum robots. Kinetostatic models along with a geometrically exact description of the kinematics on SE(3) are now an established foundation for simulation ...

Abstract: In flat rolling, the lateral position of the product in the rolling mill and the camber (curvature of the product centerline seen in top view) are key process variables. We explore how their evolution can be analytically ...