Abstract: A strategy combining an improved rapidly exploring random tree (RRT) method with the artificial potential field (APF) method is proposed for the path planning of flexible tensegrity manipulators considering typical complex ...

Abstract: Dynamic modal testing is an economical method of evaluating structural key stiffness, the accuracy of which relies on the determination of selected target modes. Pretension deviations are usually inevitable in cable domes; ...

Abstract: The path float use in the network is an effective method used to cope with various uncertainties existing within the construction. However, the current path float calculating method may bring misleading information to the ...

Abstract: Many features of the El Niño?Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon have been successfully simulated by coupled models during the last decade; however, some fundamental differences in model behavior remain. They can be ...

Abstract: The fragments generated by explosions of storage tanks in chemical industrial parks may cause perforations or dents in adjacent tanks and trigger a domino effect. This paper determined reasonable fragment parameters based ...

Abstract: Design of high performance materials system requires highly efficient methods for assessing microstructure–property relations of heterogeneous materials. Toward this end, a domain decomposition, affordable analysis, and ...