611 Result(s)
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Three-dimensional surface singularity of an interface crack
The three-dimensional singularity field near the terminal point of an interface crack at the free surface of an elastic bimaterial is investigated. The Finite Element Iterative Method (FEIM) is used for evalua...
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The study of design data extraction from design drawing with application in measurement
This study begins with the design blueprint, and the input of the geometry tolerances and dimensions into the function chart established in the CAD system. The graphic data is then extracted by means of the ex...
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Robotic eye-in-hand calibration by calibrating optical axis and target pattern
Robotic eye-in-hand configuration is very useful in many applications. Essential in the use of this configuration is robotic hand-eye calibration. The method proposed in this paper, calibrating the optical axi...
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The mixed-type integral equations for transient elastodynamic plane crack problems
In the present paper, by use of the boundary integral equation method and the techniques of Green fundamental solution and singularity analysis, the dynamic infinite plane crack problem is investigated. For th...
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Optimising tolerance allocation for mechanical components correlated by selective assembly
Selective assembly can enlarge the tolerances of mechanical components for easier manufacturing. However, the non-independent dimensions of correlated components make it difficult to optimise tolerance allocat...
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On Intelligent Robot Motion Planning via Learning
Automatic motion planning is one of the basic modules that are needed to increase robot intelligence and usability. Unfortunately, the inherent complexity of motion planning has rendered traditional search alg...
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Lot streaming with attached setups in three-machine flow shops
Lot streaming is the process of splitting a job or lot to allow overlap** between successive operations in a multistage production system. This use of transfer lots usually results in a significantly shorter...
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The Effects of Material Composition on the Quality of Ceramic-Metal Composite Cladding onto Al-alloys with a Pulsed Nd-YAG Laser
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Nonlinear Stability Analysis of Thin Viscoelastic Film Flow Traveling Down along a Vertical Cylinder
This paper investigates the weakly nonlinear stability theoryof a thin viscoelastic liquid film flowing down along the outsidesurface of a vertical cylinder. The long-wave perturbation method isemployed to sol...
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“Drifting cups on a meandering stream” in China
“Drifting cups on a meandering stream” is a game originating from the ancient China. It takes advantage of the stopover of the cup at the different positions on a meandering stream to choose a person sitting o...
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Agent-Based, Distributed Diagnosis for Shipboard Systems
The ability to reconfigure a ship’s engineering plant in response to changing mission or equipment conditions can dramatically increase a ship’s capability and survivability. We describe the agent-based, distr...
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A Recursive Algorithm for On-line Clustering Obstacles Cluttered in Dynamic Environments
In some applications of industrial robots, the robot manipulator must traverse a pre-specified Cartesian path with its hand tip while links of the robot safely move among obstacles cluttered in the robot's sce...
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Theoretical study on the ideal open cycle of the liquid nitrogen engine
This article described the characteristics of the liquid nitrogen engine’s ideal open cycle. Using two interconnecting strokes to achieve the power output can mitigate the trade-off between high efficiency and...
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Quantum Transport Simulation of Carrier Capture and Transport within Tunnel Injection Lasers
Hot electron distributions within the active region of quantum well lasers lead to gain suppression, reduced quantum efficiency, and increased diffusion capacitance, greater low-frequency roll-off and high-fre...
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Quantum Mechanical Model of Electronic Stop** Power for Ions in a Free Electron Gas
The electronic stop** power of a free electron gas on a moving charged particle (ion) in a solid is analyzed in the coordinate system moving with the charged particle. By quantum mechanically treating the mo...
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Consistency maintenance for constraint in role-based access control model
Constraint is an important aspect of role-based access control and is sometimes argued to be the principal motivation for role-based access control (RBAC). But so far few authors have discussed consistency mai...
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A Computationally Efficient Simulator for Three-Dimensional Monte Carlo Simulation of Ion Implantation into Complex Structures
A physically-based 3-dimensional Monte-Carlo simulator has been developed based on the program UT-MARLOWE which is capable of simulating ion implantation into multi-material systems and arbitrary topography. I...
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Crack-inclusion interaction for mode I crack analyzed by Eshelby equivalent inclusion method
Several simple formulas have been developed to predict the variations of stress intensity factors for mode I crack induced by the stiffness and geometry of the near crack-tip inclusion. The derivation of the f...
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Purification and relationship with gastric disease of a 130 kDa (CagA) protein ofHelicobacter pylori
Objective: The aims of this research were to purify and identify the 130 kDa (CagA) protein ofH. pylori clinical isolate HP97002 and evaluate the relationships between the purified 130 kDa (CagA) protein and gast...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Computer-Aided Techniques in Manufacturing of Large Hydro Turbine’s Blades
Blades are one of the vital components and most difficulty in manufacturing of large hydro turbines. In order to cost-effectively and productively manufacture these kinds of blades, hydro turbine manufacturers...