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Cosserat Continuum
This chapter develops the general Cosserat continuum theories, proposed by Cosserat brothers in 1909, and addresses their implementations in motion...
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Structuring the Continuum
This paper addresses challenges arising from inherent heterogeneity in the rapidly evolving landscape of computing infrastructures, spanning diverse...
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Recent Developments of Actuation Mechanisms for Continuum Robots: A Review
Traditional rigid robots face significant challenges in congested and tight environments, including bulky size, maneuverability, and safety...
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Design, modeling, and evaluation of parallel continuum robots: A survey
Parallel continuum robots (PCRs) have attracted increasing attention in the robotics community due to their simplicity in structure, inherence with...
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A Reinforcement Learning Approach for Continuum Robot Control
Rigid joint manipulators are limited in their movement and degrees of freedom (DOF), while continuum robots possess a continuous backbone that allows...
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Continuum Mechanics Background
This chapter summarizes the basic relation needed to formulate the deformation of solids in the linear and nonlinear range. It is subdivided into the...
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Variable Curvature Modeling Method of Soft Continuum Robots with Constraints
The inherent compliance of continuum robots holds great promise in the fields of soft manipulation and safe human–robot interaction. This compliance...
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Simultaneous discrete and continuum multiresolution topology optimization
In the field of continuum structures, the density-based methods for topology optimization are well known and broadly studied. Likewise, in the area...
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Continuum-kinematics-based peridynamics and phase-field approximation of non-local dynamic fracture
In this work, two non-local approaches to dynamic fracture are investigated: a novel peridynamic formulation and a variational phase-field approach....
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Situation Awareness in the Cloud-Edge Continuum
Edge Computing is becoming a promising computing paradigm that addresses the limitations of cloud computing concerning latency, autonomy, and costs....
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Robust topology optimization of continuum structures with smooth boundaries using moving morphable components
Topology optimization has been increasingly used in various industrial designs as a numerical tool to optimize the material layout of a structure....
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Hybrid continuum–discrete simulation of granular impact dynamics
Granular impact—the dynamic intrusion of solid objects into granular media—is widespread across scientific and engineering applications including...
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Continuum Robots for Space Applications
Continuum robots are flexible structures whose backbone shape can be actively controlled through actuators such as tendons and fluid chambers. Often...
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Workflow Scheduling in the Cloud-Edge Continuum
Scheduling in the cloud-edge continuum is a challenging problem. In fact, scheduling has to cope with the peculiarities of these complex ecosystems...
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Collision Statistics of Droplets in Turbulence Considering Lubrication Interactions, Mobility of Interfaces, and Non-continuum Molecular Effects
Collision statistics of same-size aerodynamically interacting droplets in homogeneous isotropic turbulence is examined via hybrid direct numerical...
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Identifying Second-Gradient Continuum Models in Particle-Based Materials with Pairwise Interactions Using Acoustic Tensor Methodology
This paper discusses wave propagation in unbounded particle-based materials described by a second-gradient continuum model, recently introduced by...
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Stochastic second-gradient continuum theory for particle-based materials: part II
This article is the second part of a previous article devoted to the deterministic aspects. Here, we present a comprehensive study on the development...
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Continuum Modelling of Carbon Nanotube Composites: A Review
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been proven to show exceptional mechanical properties such as longitudinal elastic modulus of up to 1TPa and elastic...
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Development of inverse static model of continuum robots based on absolute nodal coordinates formulation for large deformation applications
Continuum robotics has emerged as a prominent trend within the robotics field for about two decades. Nevertheless, motion analysis of continuum...
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Continuum and Discrete Modelling of Penetration Problems
Penetration of rigid bodies into the ground are ubiquitous in geotechnical engineering. Their numerical modelling involves significant challenges...