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A Review of Recent Manufacturing Technologies for Sustainable Soft Actuators
Soft actuators have brought significant advancements to robotics, allowing robots to perform a diverse range of tasks across various domains....
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Review of Flexible Actuators Based on Intelligent Materials
In this paper, intelligent materials for flexible actuators are reviewed, including fiber knitted fabric, elastic polymer, electroactive polymer,...
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Multi-layered Shell Actuators
In this chapter, a theoretical development of a multi-layered thin shell distributed actuator is presented. The distributed actuator layers can be...
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A review of dynamic analyses of single- and multi-layered graphene sheets/nanoplates using various nonlocal continuum mechanics-based plate theories
This article is intended to present an overview of dynamic analyses of single-/multi-layered graphene sheets (SLGSs/MLGSs) and nanoplates with...
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An isogeometric degenerated shell formulation for geometrically nonlinear analysis of smart laminated shells
The geometrically nonlinear solution of laminated and piezolaminated shells with the isogeometric method (IGA) is the subject of this paper. Usage of...
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Mechanistic Analysis and Bio-inspired Applications for a Bidirectional Stiffness of a Water Snail Operculum
The water snail Pomacea canaliculata retracts the discoidal and multi-layered operculum to protect the soft body from being attacked by predators,...
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Finite Element Modelling for Vibration Analysis of Composite and Sandwich Cylindrical Shells
The vibration response of composite and sandwich cylindrical shells is investigated using finite element formulation. The shell is modelled as a 3D...
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Vibration Suppression of Hand Tremor Using Active Vibration Strategy: A Numerical Study
This paper numerically investigates the active vibration suppression of hand tremors in patients suffering from Parkinson’s syndrome. The forearm is...
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A solid–shell formulation based on the assumed natural inhomogeneous strains for modeling the viscoelastic response of electro-active polymers
In this paper, an advanced low-order solid–shell formulation is presented for modeling electro-active polymers (EAPs). This advanced finite element...
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Assessment of structural irregularities in piezoelectric-embedded laminated composites
This study aimed to investigate the behavior of laminated composite plates embedded with piezoelectric material under different loading conditions....
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Influences of properties of magneto-electro-elastic materials of piezoelectric smart shells
Magneto-electro-elastic (MEE) materials are composed of piezoelectric (PE) phases, leading to the existence of a large number of interfaces between...
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Novel Materials and Devices Based on Nanofibers
The six topics covered in the present chapter stem from recent applications of nanofibers in novel materials and devices. (i) Self-healing vascular...
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Lightweight Structures with Adaptive Dynamic Behavior Through Evanescent Morphing
Compressible Constrained Layer Dam** (CCLD) is a novel semi-active dam** solution for vibration mitigation. The constrained dam** layer...
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Layered Jamming Multifunctional Actuators
Recent advances in additive manufacturing have enabled the realization of concepts in layered materials that were not previously viable. We have...
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Piezoelectric micropumps: state of the art review
The purpose of this paper is to present an overview of problems and some research gaps for better understanding of piezoelectric micropump studies....
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Fundamental Theories of Aeronautics/Mechanical Structures: Past and Present Reddy’s Work, Developments, and Future Scopes
Applied mechanics has a vast area, and few significant contributions need to choose from previous research that has the essence of designing the...
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Free Vibration Investigation of Single-Phase Porous FG Sandwich Cylindrical Shells: Analytical, Numerical and Experimental Study
This paper offers new analytical, numerical, and experimental methods for nonlinear free vibration analysis of single-phase functionally graded (FG)...
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Innovative Geotechnical Solutions for Base Isolation of Buildings
In the present study, a geotechnical seismic isolation (GSI) bed, composed of geosynthetic-reinforced sand–rubber tire shred mixture layer between...
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Static response of functionally graded piezoelectric-piezomagnetic hollow cylinder/spherical shells with axial/spherical symmetry
The magneto-electro-elastic coupling static problem for a functionally graded piezoelectric-piezomagnetic (FGPEPM) cylinder/spherical shell is...
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State-of-the-Art of Vibration Analysis of Small-Sized Structures by using Nonclassical Continuum Theories of Elasticity
Recently, small-sized structures including micro/nanobeams, micro/nanoplates, micro/nanotubes, micro/nanowires, etc. have received great attention...
