Abstract: This paper investigates a passive fault tolerant control to aircraft that suffers from vertical tail damage. A novel notion of damage degree is introduced to parameterize the damaged flight ...

Abstract: A constitutive model is proposed to investigate the strengthening mechanism and the relationship between nanostructures and effective mechanical properties of the aluminum-based amorphous nanocomposites. ...

Abstract: A new control design method is developed to satisfy multiple specifications simultaneously. The proposed convex combination method is applied to a six (6)-degree-of-freedom commercial robot. In a ...

Abstract: Abrasive waterjets have recently become a popular tool for mechanical machining. With its great advantages of geometric and material flexibility and its ability to cut hard-to-machine material, ...

Abstract: Laboratory tests were conducted to determine the fatigue performance of abrasive-waterjet- (AWJ-) machined aircraft titanium. Dog-bone specimens machined with AWJs were prepared and tested with and ...

Abstract: In the modeling of microstructural damage mechanisms of composites, damage evolution plays an important role and has significant effects on the overall nonlinear behavior of composites. In this ...