ASME Letters in Dynamic Systems and Control: Recent submissions
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On Prandtl–Ishlinskii Hysteresis Modeling of a Loaded Pneumatic Artificial Muscle
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Modeling of the hysteresis nonlinearities of the pneumatic artificial muscle (PAM) is critical when it is proposed to drive various high-precision mechatronics applications. This letter aims to characterize the hysteresis ... -
Row Allocation Negotiation for a Fleet of Strawberry Harvesting Robots
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Cooperative small harvesting robots, mimicking a group of human pickers, have the potential to significantly reduce labor dependence in strawberry production. A tri-layered algorithm is investigated to effectively assign ... -
Robust Control of a Biophysical Model of Burst Suppression
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Burst suppression is a phenomenon in which the electroencephalogram (EEG) of a pharmacologically sedated patient alternates between higher frequency and amplitude bursting to lower frequency and amplitude suppression. The ... -
Adaptive Design of Experiments for Automotive Engine Applications Using Concurrent Bayesian Optimization
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Most practical automotive problems require the design of experiments (DoEs) over a number of different operating conditions to deliver optimal calibration parameters. DoE is especially crucial for automotive engine calibration ... -
Reviewer’s Recognition
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)The Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board of the ASME Letters in Dynamic Systems and Control would like to thank all of the reviewers for volunteering their expertise and time reviewing manuscripts in 2021. Serving as reviewers ... -
Yaw-Rate-Tracking-Based Automated Vehicle Path Following: An MRAC Methodology With a Closed-Loop Reference Model
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Concerning automated vehicles, various path-following controllers have been designed by the model reference adaptive control (MRAC) approach. Through appropriate Lyapunov redesigns, asymptotical stability and signal ... -
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, ... -
Multi-Model Structured H-Infinity Design of a Robust and Aggressive Turbofan Jet Engine Controller
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Jet engine control comprises tracking either the fan speed or engine pressure ratio setpoints. Further, safe operation entails maintaining several additional parameters, such as high-pressure turbine temperature, combustor ... -
Balancing Inverted Pendulum Cart on Inclines Using Accelerometers
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)The balance of inverted pendulum on inclined surfaces is the precursor to their control in unstructured environments. Researchers have devised control algorithms with feedback from contact (encoders—placed at the pendulum ... -
An Efficient Design Procedure for MEMS Electrothermal Microgripper
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)With the development of miniaturization technology, micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) electrothermal microgrippers have been widely used owing to their compact size, ease of manufacturing, and low production cost. Since ... -
Speed- and Range-Based Filter Design for Dual-Stage Actuator Control
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Dual-stage actuators, which combine two actuators with different characteristics, have gained interest due to their large-range, high-resolution positioning capabilities. Control of such systems is challenging because it ... -
A Novel Concept for Energy-Optimal, Independent-Phase Control of Brushless Motor Drivers
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)In this work, a new drive concept for brushless direct current (BLDC) motors is introduced. Energy regeneration is optimally managed with the aim of improving the energy efficiency of robot motion controls. The proposed ... -
Oscillations of Air Cavity Under Hull of Accelerating Boat
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Substantial reduction of ship drag is achievable with air cavities arranged on the hull bottom. However, the air cavities can become unstable, particularly in unsteady environments such as sea waves. Oscillations of cavities ... -
Convolutional Networks for Classification of Mortars
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)The task of classifying unexploded mortars is critical in both humanitarian and military explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) operations. Classification needs to be completed quickly and accurately and is the first step toward ... -
Equations of Motion of Dynamical Systems From Kinematic Characteristics of the Phase Space
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)In the analysis of most engineering dynamical systems, relativistic considerations are unnecessary, allowing an absolute time and simultaneity of events to be assumed. In this article, it is first established that this ... -
Hierarchical Robust Adaptive Control for Wind Turbines With Actuator Fault
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)This article solves the problem of regulating the rotor speed tracking error for wind turbines in the full-load region by an effective robust adaptive control strategy. The developed controller compensates for the uncertainty ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ...