Abstract: In this paper, a singularity-robust inverse kinematics is newly suggested by using a Lagrange multiplier for redundant manipulator systems. Two tasks are considered with priority orders under the ...

Abstract: Winning a new contract has an important implication for the sustainable growth and survival of construction firms in competitive market environments. Considering this and the limited literature on market analysis, this ...

Abstract: Analysis of a slug test estimating the hydraulic conductivity of a vertical cutoff wall is complicated by the high compressibility of backfill materials and by the proximity of a well to the edge of the cutoff wall. An ...

Abstract: Dynamic wheel-rail force can be limited to high-frequency components owing to imperfections in the wheel-rail contact surface (

Abstract: Track support stiffness (TSS) is used as a quality index of railway tracks to assess their performance and bearing capacity. TSS depends on the elastic stiffness of the elastic materials and the structural characteristics ...

Abstract: Conventional literature argues that the competitiveness of new energy technologies is dependent on existing market conditions. Moreover, contemporary analyses have suggested that enhanced, energy-related research and ...

Abstract: This paper presents the position control of a double-rod cylinder system using a hydraulic bridge circuit with four electro-rheological (ER) valves. After synthesizing a silicone oil-based ER ...

Abstract: A timeperiodic blowing/suction is provided to control turbulent separation in a boundary layer using direct numerical simulation. The blowing/suction is given just before the separation point, and its nondimensional forcing ...

Abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate and quantify contributions of kinetic energy and viscous dissipation to airway resistance during inspiration and expiration at various flow rates in airway models of different ...

Abstract: Mobile sensor networks have been widely used to predict the spatio-temporal physical phenomena for various scientific and engineering applications. To accommodate the realistic models of mobile sensor networks, we incorporated ...