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Jian Qin, Zhenquan Zhang, Xuening Song, Shuting Huang, Yanjun Liu and Gang Xue
In order to enhance the power generation efficiency and reliability of wave energy converters (WECs), an enclosed inertial WEC with a magnetic nonlinear stiffness mechanism (nonlinear EIWEC) is proposed in this paper. A mathematical model of the nonlinea...
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Chuang Wu, Anjiang Cai, Xing Gao and Chongjing Cao
In recent years, with the rapid development of soft robots, dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) as a novel type of soft actuators have been widely studied. However, DEAs often suffer from low instantaneous output force/power, especially in high payload...
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Naveed Ahmad, Muhammad Rizwan, Babar Ilyas, Sida Hussain, Muhammad Usman Khan, Hamna Shakeel and Muhammad Ejaz Ahmad
The paper discusses how joint damage and deterioration affect the seismic response of existing reinforced concrete frames with sub-standard beam?column joints. The available simplified modeling techniques are critically reviewed to propose a robust, yet ...
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Cong Hung Nguyen, Cong Minh Ho and Kyoung Kwan Ahn
This research introduces an air spring vibration isolator system (ASVIS) based on a negative-stiffness structure (NSS) to improve the vehicle seat?s vibration isolation performance at low excitation frequencies. The main feature of the ASVIS consists of ...
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Huasheng Sun, Lingwei Wang, Shenwei Chen, Hengwei Deng and Jihua Zhang
In comparison with tetragonal retaining structures, circular retaining structures have an advantage in terms of controlling the deformation caused by foundation excavation, and are a reasonable choice in engineering practice. Many results have been obtai...
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