Abstract: Thin sheets of unidirectional carbon fibers embedded in a silicone matrix can be folded to very high curvatures, as elastic microbuckles with a halfwavelength on the order of 1 mm decrease the maximum strain in the fibers ...

Abstract: Service robots must comply with very demanding safety requirements in order to guarantee that a human can be assisted without any risk of injury. This paper presents a detailed multibody model of the interaction between a ...

Abstract: Scour compromises the operation of offshore facilities. This article describes the results of an investigation aimed at the analysis of different methods used in the scour protection systems design at offshore wind farms. ...

Abstract: This research ponders the origin of errors due to manufacturing and assembling processes that affect pose accuracy of any given robot. The estimation of these errors allows designers to define the influence of individual ...

Abstract: The thrust bearing duty in a pumpturbine generator can be quite arduous, since the pad support system must be symmetrical about the center of the pad, yet the oilfilm must converge adequately for either direction of rotation. ...

Abstract: The method of intersection of surfaces generated by kinematic dyads is applied to obtain mechanisms that are able to shift from one mode of motion to another. Then a mobility analysis shows that the singularities of the ...

Abstract: The design process of journal bearings of turbomachines is complex and timeconsuming due to the many geometric and physical variables involved. This paper reports on the design of experiments (DOE) and the response surface ...

Abstract: The article presents an economical study of the use of electric vehicles (Evs) in terms of years of amortization money saved and cost and expenses, etc. It has been compared combustion vehicles with the electric counterparts ...

Abstract: Despite the growth of the offshore wind industry, there are currently doubts relating to the design of wind facilities in the sea. This paper expounds current, already identified structural uncertainties: problems for soil ...

Abstract: When a component, as heat shields, degrade, two stages can be distinguished. First, a potential failure appears, which could evolve to the second stage and become a functional failure. The time between these two stages is ...