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Therapeutic dendritic-cell vaccine for simian AIDS
An effective immune response against human immunodeficiency virus or simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) is critical in achieving control of viral replication. Here, we show in SIV-infected rhesus monkeys that...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
An Intelligent Fault Diagnosis Method Based on Multiscale Entropy and SVMs
Sample entropy (SampEn) has been applied in many literatures as a statistical feature to describe the regularity of a time series. However, as components of mechanical system usually interact and couple with e...
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Time-frequency representation based on time-varying autoregressive model with applications to non-stationary rotor vibration analysis
A parametric time-frequency representation is presented based on time-varying autoregressive model (TVAR), followed by applications to non-stationary vibration signal processing. The identification of time-var...
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Design of mechanical presses driven by multi-servomotor
This paper proposes a so-called multi-servomotor parallel driven scheme to construct high capacity mechanical presses. The design method is based on the combination of dual screw actuation unit, parallel mecha...
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A novel energy loss model and optimization design of the coin chute flection curve
In this paper, we propose a novel design model based on the energy loss of the coin (ELM model) to optimize the flection curve, which is widely used in coin operated machines. Two different kinds of energy los...
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Performance analytical study of the dual screws actuation mechanism
This paper presents a dual screw actuation mechanism (DSAM) wherein two screws actuate the common sliding platform by connecting two screw nuts with a gear pair. Two dimensionless parameters, namely, the gear ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A New Euclidian Distance Based Approach to Measure Closeness to Singularity for Parallel Manipulators
Singularity configurations are particular poses of end-effector, for which parallel manipulators lose inherent infinite rigidity and in which the end-effector lose control. Finding how close the manipulator is...
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Innovative group-decoupling design of a segment erector based on G F set theory
The segment erector is a key part of the shield machines for tunnel engineering. The available segment erectors are all of serial configuration which is suffering from the problems of low rigidity and accumula...
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Vacuum Carbothermal Reduction for Treating Tin Anode Slime
In this work, a process of vacuum carbothermal reduction was proposed for treating tin anode slime containing antimony and lead. During vacuum carbothermal reduction, the antimony and lead were selectively rem...
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Type synthesis for 4-DOF parallel press mechanism using GF set theory
Parallel mechanisms is used in the large capacity servo press to avoid the over-constraint of the traditional redundant actuation. Currently, the researches mainly focus on the performance analysis for some sp...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Type Synthesis of a Family of 3-DOF Spherical Parallel Mechanisms Using Upper-Lower Combination and Axis Movement Theorem
Spherical parallel manipulators (SPMs) have a wide range of applications such as orienting devices and robotic wrists. In this paper, the 3 independent rotational characteristics of SPMs are divided into two g...
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The application of a three-column internal fixation system with anatomical locking plates on comminuted fractures of the tibial plateau
The purpose of this study was to describe the operative procedures and clinical outcomes of a new three-column internal fixation system with anatomical locking plates on the tibial plateau to treat complex thr...
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The design of a new remote manipulator for space operation using a 4-cable-driven thrusters-embedded configuration
A new remote manipulator based on cable-driven parallel mechanism (CDPM) is designed for space long-distance operations (e.g. space capture/docking and other long-distance space activities) in this paper. By c...
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Hardware-in-the-loop simulation for the contact dynamic process of flying objects in space
In the one-gravity environment on the ground, the simulation of the contact process of two flying objects in the zero-gravity environment of space has been a challenging issue since humans first explored space...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Novel Design of a Family of Legged Mobile Lander
During extraterrestrial planet exploration programs, autonomous robots are deployed using separate landers. In this paper, a concept of a novel legged robot is introduced which has inbuilt the features of land...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
On Passive Limbs in the Design of Parallel Mechanisms
Passive limbs in parallel mechanisms can be introduced during type synthesis in order to reduce the possibility of redesigning or to decrease the complexity of the latter control strategy. In this paper, to fi...
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Structural design of a novel family of 2-DOF translational parallel robots to enhance the normal-direction stiffness using passive limbs
Many planar 2-DOF translational parallel robots which were invented for the simple industrial tasks are easy to suffer the problem of the poor intrinsic stiffness along the normal direction to the plane of mot...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
An Extended Application of NURBS for Robot Motion Planning
A solution framework under a more general mathematical model is the basic support for the operation model and the motion model of the robot motion planning. By introducing the parameter of time, we establish a...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Novel Design of the Actuation-Transmission System for Legged Mobile Lander Considering Large Impact
Landing and mobile exploration on the Moon and Mars has become a hot research topic recently. As a new exploration strategy, our previous work proposed the idea of the robot integrated with landing and walking...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
On Project Based Teaching of Mechanical Design Course for Undergraduates in Shanghai Jiao Tong University
The course of mechanical design is to enable students in the university to understand, analyze and improve current machines as well as invent and develop new machines. Modern machines are mechatronic instead o...
