Abstract: A Geneva wheel with curved slots is proposed as an intermittent rotary motion generating mechanism. The proposed mechanism has vastly improved kinematic characteristics. Changing the slot shape ...

Abstract: A conventional Geneva mechanism must have at least three radial slots (stations). This paper shows that it is possible to design a Geneva mechanism with only two slots, provided that the shape ...

Abstract: Under the auspices of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) developed a comprehensive program to evaluate state-of-the-art methods and computer programs ...

Abstract: Multileaf foil bearing has various advantages including long-life, high-speed, low power loss, etc. Oil lubricated multileaf foil bearing compared with gas lubricated foil bearing is more favorable ...

Abstract: Purely mechanical, single-actuator adaptive hard-automation modules can perform highly repetitive simple tasks much more economically, energy-efficiently and accurately than multi-degree-of-freedom, ...

Abstract: Fully developed forced convective heat transfer in a parallel-plate channel partially filled with highly porous, open-celled metallic foam is analytically investigated. The Navier–Stokes equation ...

Abstract: The paper compares the performance of two FEM approaches in reproducing the response of bare frame structures to tunneling in dry dense sand. A fully coupled approach, in which the tunnel, frame, and soil are accounted ...

Abstract: Driven piles are used widely both offshore and onshore. However, accurate axial capacity and load-displacement prediction is difficult at sand-dominated sites, and offshore practice is moving towards cone penetration test ...