Abstract: The modeling for controller design of a constrained rigid-flexible robot arm is considered. The mathematical model is obtained as a set of nonlinear hybrid ordinary-partial differential equations ...

Abstract: The results of a study on the combined joint motion control, vibration control, and force control of a constrained rigid-flexible robot arm for both regulation and tracking are presented. A ...

Abstract: Both an infinite-series solution and a finite-difference solution have been obtained to the problem of elastic response of a complete, thin, spherical shell to axisymmetric transient pressure ...

Abstract: Ejector performance characteristics and design analysis of jet refrigeration systems were studied. It was shown that choking phenomena in the secondary vapor play a very important role in ejector ...

Abstract: Gluconate has been shown to inhibit nickel precipitation. This can result in adverse system performance when treating nickel plating wastewater. A kinetic model based on the formation of major species was developed to ...

Abstract: The role of gluconate on nickel precipitation kinetics was evaluated through particle size distribution analyses, and the inhibition mechanisms were explored through spectroscopic studies. Batch kinetic studies showed that ...

Abstract: This paper presents the findings of a digital image analysis based study of clay fills, compacted with dynamic compaction for a building foundation in northeast Beijing, People’s Republic of China. Three levels of compaction ...

Abstract: Light-frame wooden buildings are highly complex and redundant structural systems that behave as assemblies of folded and interlocked rib-stiffened plate systems. This paper describes structural monitoring experiments on ...