Abstract: Road roughness indices such as the International Roughness Index, Quarter-car Index, and root-mean-square vertical acceleration are useful as indicators of the level of pavement serviceability performance. Each of these ...

Abstract: This article describes the design and modeling of an expandable and inflatable bending actuator with multiple pneumatic sources. The actuator includes independent pneumatic modules sewn onto a flexible, nonstretch fabric ...

Abstract: The research on water-heat transport of soil porous media has important theoretical and practical significance for the problem of agricultural production and environmental governance. In this work, the water-heat transport ...