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Chapter and Conference Paper
Correction to: Assembling Uncertainty Effects on the Dynamic Response of Nominally Identical Motorbike Components
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Niceclick: A New Frontier for Haptic Technologies
The use of touch screens and displays is quickly increasing in the automotive industry, especially for supercars. Touchscreen commands are affected by the problem of feedback to drivers, i.e. the driver cannot...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Assembling Uncertainty Effects on the Dynamic Response of Nominally Identical Motorbike Components
The chassis and swingarm are the main components of the motorbike frame. The dynamic response of these components strongly influences the frame flexibility and consequently the motorbike dynamics. However, the...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Simultaneous Passive Vibration Attenuation and Energy Harvesting on a Fan-Folded Piezometaelastic Structure
Simultaneous passive vibration suppression and energy harvesting through piezoelectric materials have been raising growing interest in the general area of structural dynamics. In the vibration isolation contex...
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Open AccessAn experimental procedure for the identification of the dynamic parameters for the rigid-ring tyre model
Several approaches have been developed over the years for the modelling of the tyre behaviour in vehicle-dynamic applications. The so-called ‘rigid-ring’ models are among the classics for the modelling of the ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Correction to: LUPOS: Open-Source Scientific Computing in Structural Dynamics
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Chapter and Conference Paper
LUPOS: Open-Source Scientific Computing in Structural Dynamics
LUPOS is a parametric FEM code developed in MATLAB aiming to merge different simulative characteristics: to provide a complete open-source 3D FEM code suitable for analysing elements formulations, assembly app...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Localisation of Sonic Sources on a Contemporary Violin Made on a Guarneri del Gesù Model
Violins are probably known among the most technically complex musical instruments. Their dynamics is usually studied through structural vibration methods. However, these methods present a few limitations. Ther...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Dynamic Behaviour and Magneto-Mechanical Efficiency of a Contactless Magnetic Transmission
This paper addresses the analysis of torsional dynamic behaviour in a magnetic transmission, where the torque is transferred in a contactless way between two coaxial rotors with permanent magnets through the i...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Multibody Analysis and Design Optimization of a Full-Scale Biped-Wheeled Exoskeleton
This work presents the design optimization of the HANDSHAKE multibody model, a full-scale biped-wheeled exoskeleton, conceived in previous works. The ambition of the HANDSHAKE biped-wheeled exoskeleton is to g...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A New Sustainable Soft Body Protector for Increasing Human Safety in Combat Sports: The Case of Taekwondo
Taekwondo is a martial art recognized as an Olympic sport since 2000. During competitions, athletes wear the typical protective garment composed by head, arms, hands, trunk, genitals, legs, foot protectors. Th...
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Preliminary Experimental Test of a Cable-Driven Wheelchair in Different Configurations
The paper presents the experimental tests of a manual wheelchair, named Handwheelchair.Q, that utilizes an innovative propulsion system composed of a system of cables and pulleys and a gesture inspired by the ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Parametric Analysis and Voltage Generation Performance of a Multi-directional MDOF Piezoelastic Vibration Energy Harvester
Piezoelectric vibration energy harvesting has been extensively investigated in recent years and the majority of results focus on using the cantilever beam model under base driven motion. The main focus of this...
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Handwheelchair.q: New Prototype of Manual Wheelchair for Everyday Life
In this paper the second prototype of a manual wheelchair, named Handwheelchair.q, is presented. Handwheelchair.q is a manual wheelchair with an innovative system of propulsion inspired by a rowing gesture whi...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Experimental-Numerical Comparison of Contact Nonlinear Dynamics Through Multi-level Linear Mode Shapes
An experimental nonlinear cantilever beam, including non-holonomic contacts, is experimentally tested. Time domain evolution is compared with simulated responses obtained by the proposed methodology, called Mu...
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A Proposal of Dynamic Behaviour Design Based on Mode Shape Tracing: Numerical Application to a Motorbike Frame
A modal based method to design and to improve the dynamic behaviour of flexible multibody systems is proposed in this paper. The dynamic behaviour of a flexible multibody system depends on the dynamics of its ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
On the Implementation of Metastructures in Rotordynamics
This paper presents the possibility to apply distributed vibration absorbers to reduce the vibration amplitude in axially symmetric components. The kind of metastructures here presented does not require compli...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
On the Veering Phenomenon Potential in High Speed Gears Design
In modern industry, the design process of most mechanical components is aimed at reducing their mass and increasing the performance, especially in weight-critical applications like aero-space engines. This app...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Handwheelchair.q: Innovative Manual Wheelchair for Sport
In this paper the development of an innovative system of propulsion for manual wheelchair is described. It can be applied to sports wheelchairs and to wheelchair employed in everyday life. Regarding sports wh...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Parametric Experimental Modal Analysis of a Modern Violin Based on a Guarneri del Gesù Model
Mechanical effects and dynamic behaviour of a modern violin, built on a Guarneri del Gesù model, were examined via parametric experimental modal analysis. The soundpost, a mobile component of a violin, has a p...
