Abstract: A set of joint angle profiles for a five-link bipedal model walking on level ground is designed. One feature of the joint angle profiles is that after an impulsive energy injection at an ...

Abstract: Every manipulator contact task that begins with a transition from free motion to constraint motion may exhibit impacts that could drive the system unstable. Stabilization of manipulators during ...

Abstract: A novel moving force and prestress identification method based on finite element and wavelet-based method for bridge-vehicle system is developed. A two-axle vehicle model and simple-supported beam ...

Abstract: Extrusions and intrusions often are sites of fatigue cracks. The extent of extrusions is important in fatigue crack initiation. Metals often are subject to fatigue loadings at elevated temperatures. ...

Abstract: The formula for the covariances of the local averages of homogeneous random scalar fields over rectangular domains is first generalized to include the case of homogeneous random vector fields with quadrant symmetry. For ...

Abstract: This paper deals with an analysis of the size effect on the flow strength of metal-matrix composites due to the presence of geometrically necessary dislocations. The work is based upon a cell ...

Abstract: 1 mm thick tailor-welded blank of 6061 alloy has been fabricated by Nd:YAG laser welding. The microstructure and the failure mechanism of the welded blank are investigated using optical microscope, ...

Abstract: A fractured bolt connecting the bearing and the stiffening girder of a half-through steel-arch bridge, with a main span length of 113 m, which was opened for public in September 1996, was found in October 2013 during ...