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Molecular Dynamics
The aim in this Chapter is to show how molecular dynamics can be used to study conductive heat transfer in matter in terms of an atomic description...
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Solution of the Boltzmann Equationfor Phonon Transport
We discuss two popular methods for solving the radiative transfer equation in the field of thermal radiation, which can be used to calculate...
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Scanning Thermal Microscopy
Fundamental research and continued miniaturisation of systems (materials or components) have instigated and still require today the development of...
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Hybrid Techniquesand Multipurpose Microscopes
In this Chapter we discuss microscopes able to achieve submicron resolution using thermoelastic effects. Section 1 reviews the physical effects that...
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Optical Techniques for Local Measurement
Optical measurement techniques are well suited to many heat transfer problems, insofar as they are non-contact and generally non-invasive. Far-field...
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Introduction to Radiative Transfer
The aim of this Chapter is to introduce concepts and methods for modelling radiative transfer on short length scales. Electromagnetic radiation...
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Vision Based Motion Planning of Humanoid Robots
Vision is the most effective sensing form for humans in understanding their environment, recognition of the objects around them and navigating from...
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Fuzzy-Neural Impedance Control for Robots
In conventional impedance control, the difficulties encountered in obtaining an exact system dynamic model and selecting its impedance parameters...
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Evolution of Locomotion Controllers for Legged Robots
The construction of a locomotion controller for legged robots is a difficult and time consuming process. This task can be automated through the use...
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Robust Stability of Interval Lur’e Systems: A Bilinear Matrix Inequality Approach
This paper provides a sufficient condition for an interval Lur’e system to be globally exponentially stable with a dam** factor. The Lur’e system...
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Adaptive Robust Fuzzy Tracking Control for a Class of Nonlinear Systems
The tracking control problem for a class of nonlinear systems with uncertain system function and uncertain gain function, which are the unstructured...
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Thresholding Segmentation and Classification in Automated Ultrasonic Testing Image of Electrical Contact
This paper is concerned with the thresholding segmentation of ultrasonic C-scan image for defect with artificial intelligence and support vector...
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3-D Grasp Analysis and Synthesis Using the Ray-Shooting Technique
The ray-shooting technique is a powerful tool for handling geometric information in Computational Geometry and Computer Graphics. This chapter...
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Intelligent Technologies for Robotic Welding
This paper discusses intelligent technologies for the robotic welding, which contains computer vision sensing, automatic programming for weld path...
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The Seam Tracking System for Submerged Arc Welding
The structure and the principle of seam tracking for submerged arc welding were introduced in this paper. The method of seam recognition with...
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Preliminary Probe of Embedded Real-Time Operating System and Its Application in Welding Control
This paper firstly introduces the concept of real-time and embedded system, then analyses the character of welding and the advantages of adopting...
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Laws of Macroscopic Heat Transferand Their Limits
In this introductory text, we examine the three mechanisms of heat transfer. For each one, we review the main ideas used in the traditional...
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Investigation of Short-Time Heat Transfer Effects by an Optical Pump–Probe Method
The study of heat transfer properties on micro- and nanoscales generally requires one to work on time scales ranging between a few picoseconds and a...
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Radiative Transfer on Short Length Scales
Heat transfer of radiative origin is treated classically by the transport equation of a phenomenological quantity called the specific intensity (see...