Abstract: Owing to their tremendous adaptability to free-form objects, soft grippers with fin-ray structure have a wide range of applications. However, kinetostatics analysis and contact sensing for ...

In this paper a new hybrid glowworm swarm algorithm (SAGSO) for solving structural optimization problems is presented. The structure proposed to be optimized here is a simply-supported concrete I-beam ...

Overhead pick-and-place gantries are an important part of modern automotive plants, moving and positioning parts with the speed, precision, and reliability that high-volume production demands.

Wind energy library: suite of python and matlab tools for aero-servo-hydro-elasticity (aerodynanmics, controls, hydrodynamics, structure/elasticity) and wind energy. A sample of the figures generated ...

SHARPy is a nonlinear aeroelastic analysis package originally developed at the Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College London. It can be used for the structural, aerodynamic and aeroelastic ...

In this video I take a look at five methods that can be used to predict how a beam will deform when loads are applied to it. These are the double integration method, Macaulay's method, the principle ...

The construction of concrete-filled steel tube tied-arch bridges typically employs the “beam first and arch later” methodology. In this approach, tie beams are initially constructed on temporary ...

We demonstrate a novel approach to X-ray ptychography, a phase-sensitive scanning microscopy method. By replacing the conventional sample scanning approach with a beam-scanning via reflective optics, ...

The main advantage proton beams offer over photon beams in radiation therapy of cancer patients is the dose maximum at their finite range, yielding a reduction in the dose deposited in healthy tissues ...