Browsing ASME Letters in Dynamic Systems and Control by Issue Date
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Modeling and Simulation of Perching With a Quadrotor Aerial Robot With Passive Bio-inspired Legs and Feet
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Perching in unmanned aerial vehicles is appealing for reconnaissance, monitoring, communications, and charging. This paper focuses on modeling, simulation, and control of bioinspired perching in unmanned aerial vehicles ... -
Hierarchical Robust Energy Management of Hybrid Electric Vehicles
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)This article proposes a hierarchical energy management strategy for power-split hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) in presence of driving cycle uncertainty. The proposed hierarchical controller exploits long-term and short-term ... -
Analytical Model for Enhanced Eigen-Mode Sensitivities in a Coupled Micro-Resonator Array for Ultra-Sensitive Mass Measurement
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Resonant sensors using coupled micro-cantilever array have applications in a wide range of areas including ultrasensitive mass detection of bio-molecules and chemical analytes. A target mass deposited on one of the cantilevers ... -
Application of Mobile Robots to Linear Control Theory Education
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)The knowledge of control engineering for mechanical engineers seems to become more important with the continuous development of automated technologies. To cultivate this knowledge, many experimental devices have been ... -
Data-Oriented State Space Discretization for Crowdsourced Robot Learning of Physical Skills
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)This work discusses a crowdsourced learning scheme for robot physical intelligence. Using a large amount of data from crowdsourced mentors, the scheme allows robots to synthesize new physical skills that are never demonstrated ... -
Assessing Impact of Understory Vegetation Density on Solid Obstacle Detection for Off-Road Autonomous Ground Vehicles
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)In autonomous driving systems, advanced sensing technologies (such as Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) devices and cameras) can capture high volume of data for real-time traversability analysis. Off-road autonomy is ... -
Trajectory Tracking Control for Rotary Drilling Systems Via Integral Sliding Mode Control Approach
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Active and passive control techniques have been devised over the years to mitigate the effect of vibrations on drill-string life with varying degrees of success. Here, it is proposed to design a robust trajectory tracking ... -
Application of Goertzel Algorithm to Piezoresistive Pressure Sensing Fabric for Custom Fitting of Wheelchair Cushions
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Pressure sores are a costly, painful problem for wheelchair users, caused by prolonged periods of mechanical loading. A common location of pressure sores in wheelchair users is the tissue between the ischial tuberosities ... -
Comparison of Response Amplitude Operator Curve Generation Methods for Scaled Floating Renewable Energy Platforms in Ocean Wave Basin
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Response amplitude operator (RAO) curves are commonly employed to assess the dynamic behavior of floating offshore structures in the frequency domain. There are multiple methods used to obtain RAOs for numerical models, ... -
Application of Mobile Robots to Linear Control Theory Education
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)The knowledge of control engineering for mechanical engineers seems to become more important with the continuous development of automated technologies. To cultivate this knowledge, many experimental devices have been ... -
Bending Detection of Li-Ion Pouch Cells Using Impedance Spectra
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Li-ion batteries are the preferred choice of energy storage in many applications. However, the potential for fire and explosion due to mechanical damage remains a safety concern. Currently, there are no criteria for the ... -
A Gated Two-Frequency Two-Mode Method for Piezoelectric Motorization
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)In this study, we present a new driving method to generate traveling waves in a finite plate for application to piezoelectric motors. Due to resonant modes which dominate the vibration of finite structures, methods to ... -
Resilient Flocking Control for Connected and Automated Vehicles With Cyber-Attack Threats
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)To improve the cybersecurity of flocking control for connected and automated vehicles (CAVs), this paper proposes a novel resilient flocking control by specifically considering cyber-attack threats on vehicle tracking ... -
Parameter Identification and Sensitivity Analysis for Zero-Dimensional Physics-Based Lithium-Sulfur Battery Models
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)This paper examines parameter estimation for Lithium-Sulfur (Li-S) battery models from experimental data. Li-S batteries are attractive compared to traditional Lithium-ion batteries, thanks largely to their potential to ... -
A Traveling Wave Thermoacoustic Engine—Design and Test
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)The demand for clean, sustainable, and cost-effective energy continues to increase due to global population growth and the corresponding use of consumer products. The provision of heat to a thermoacoustic prime mover results ... -
Parameter Identification for Electrochemical Models of Lithium-Ion Batteries Using Sensitivity Analysis
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Predicting the chemical and physical processes occurring in Lithium-ion cells with high-fidelity electrochemical models is today a critical requirement to accelerate the design and optimization of battery packs for automotive ... -
Investigating Trajectory-Based Combustion Control Using a Controlled Trajectory Rapid Compression and Expansion Machine
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)This study presents a systematic framework for the real-time implementation of a new combustion control strategy—trajectory-based combustion control—for the operation of free piston engines (FPEs). The free piston engine ... -
New Hammerstein Modeling and Analysis for Controlling Melt Pool Width in Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Despite the advantages and emerging applications, broader adoption of powder bed fusion (PBF) additive manufacturing is challenged by insufficient reliability and in-process variations. Finite element modeling and ... -
Slip-Clutch Torque Estimation via Real-Time Adaptive Lookup Table
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Transfer case clutch is crucial in determining traction torque distribution between front and rear tires for four-wheel-drive (4WD) vehicles. Estimating time-varying clutch surface friction coefficient is critical for ... -
Fisher Identifiability Analysis of Longitudinal Vehicle Dynamics
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)This article investigates the theoretical Cramér-Rao bounds on estimation accuracy of longitudinal vehicle dynamics parameters. This analysis is motivated by the value of parameter estimation in various applications, ...