Abstract: Presented here is the design of a mechanism for dexterous placement of an end-effector during minimally invasive surgery. A literature review is presented to show that capabilities of the ...

Abstract: Modal disparity and a topology optimization problem seeking to maximize this disparity are introduced, with the goal of developing a new methodology for control of vibration in flexible structures. ...

Abstract: This paper investigates the dynamics of a rolling disk with three unbalance masses that can slide along radial spokes equispaced in angular orientation. The objective is to design trajectories ...

Abstract: Small volume deformation can produce two types of plastic instability events. The first involves dislocation nucleation as a dislocation by dislocation event and occurs in nanoparticles or bulk ...