In this paper we investigate how combining two types of modelling languages will increase their expressive power. The Behavior Tree method and non-monotonic logic will be integrated. As a general purpose high level gr...
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(纸本)9781614991250;9781614991243
In this paper we investigate how combining two types of modelling languages will increase their expressive power. The Behavior Tree method and non-monotonic logic will be integrated. As a general purpose high level graphical modelling language, the Behavior Tree (BT) method has the advantage of being easy to learn and has been successfully used to model industrial large-scale software intensive systems. Its strength is modelling high level business requirements. The BT method is not good at modelling complex logic. Non-monotonic reasoning represents logic in a human intuitive way. We propose that the logical representation in BTs be replaced with non-monotonic reasoning. We implement the integration using BECIE (Behavior engineering Component Integration Environment) and Clausal Defeasible Logic. We finish two executable case studies to validate the approach and the implementation. The case studies show how the expressive power of non-monotonic logic assists the formal representation of functional requirements in the BT method. The result is an effective mechanism for formally specifying and simulating logical requirements in BTs. Our approach allows users of BTs to declare what they want in human readable rules instead of composing complex behaviour to represent how their rules are achieved. This raises the level of abstraction regarding logic representation in BTs. It hides low-level logics from high level components, enabling stakeholders of the system to easily conceptualise the main flow. Additionally, it separates rules from procedural flows. The separation of the two concerns increases the flexibility of both procedural flows and rules, as well as the reusability of rules.
Predicting the responses of the combined human body-seat structure to vibration excitation is still a challenging task. This is mainly due to the complex dynamics behaviour of the seated human body in response to the ...
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(纸本)9789073802896
Predicting the responses of the combined human body-seat structure to vibration excitation is still a challenging task. This is mainly due to the complex dynamics behaviour of the seated human body in response to the vibration. Nevertheless, several applications, such as optimizing the vehicle seat structure or reducing the transmission of the vibration to the seat occupant, do not necessarily require complex modelling of the human body. It is however essential to characterize and predict the critical frequencies and the corresponding vibration patterns of the combined seat with human occupant. This study aims to predict the resonant frequencies and corresponding vibration mode shapes of the vehicle seat with occupant from the unoccupied seat. An experiment is designed to measure the frequency responses, resonant frequencies, and corresponding mode shapes of a selected vehicle seat when mounted on the test rig. Seventeen young male volunteers have participated in the experiments. The results indicate that that the vehicle unoccupied seat have three similar main seatback lateral, seatback fore-aft, and seat twisting resonant frequencies below 80 Hz. Adding the human occupant to the seat gave the same three seatback lateral, seatback fore-aft, and seat twisting mode shapes but with different resonant frequencies from their corresponding unoccupied seat. The changes of the resonant frequencies from unoccupied seat to the occupied seat for the all seventeen volunteers were consistent in accordance to their weights. Seated human occupant is not adding any new resonant frequency or mode shapes to the seat. Similar changes of the resonant frequencies between the six volunteers for the three different seats allow us to predict the key attributes of the seat with occupant (occupied seat) modes from their corresponding unoccupied seat. Results from this study are expected to reduce the need for complex modeling of the human body in upfront analysis in design of vehicle seats.
The main objective of this investigation is to present the finite element modelling of the dynamic behaviour of tubular composite (steel-concrete) footbridges subjected to human walking vibrations. The investigated st...
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This paper concerns detection of solid particles suspended in conductive media by impedance technique. The technique is based on changes in impedance measured between two electrodes placed across a given volume of con...
This paper concerns detection of solid particles suspended in conductive media by impedance technique. The technique is based on changes in impedance measured between two electrodes placed across a given volume of conducting medium. It presents a methodology for modelling and investigation of the feasibility of such a technique for particle detection by 2D finite element (FE) field modelling. This is based on modelling and computation of electric field distribution between the above electrodes. It establishes the modelling approach, the complexity involved and justifies the need for modelling in 3D to incorporate some of the effects that cannot be taken into account in 2D models. It reports on the modelling investigation for a specific case of detecting, by impedance technique cholesterol particles suspended in human blood and points to a possible instrument for non-invasive measurement of blood cholesterol level.
Bi-directional Inductive Power Transfer (IPT) systems allow contactless power transfer between two sides and across an air-gap, through weak magnetic coupling. These systems essentially constitute high order resonant ...
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This paper presents a mathematical model to generate synthetic narrow band vertical force signals due to individuals walking. The model is fitted to a unique database comprising many directly measured vertical walking...
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The trends in automobile industry always include the use of new materials such as those needed for the passive safety of vehicles and they are one of the most important strategies to reduce injury of passengers during...
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(纸本)9783037853665
The trends in automobile industry always include the use of new materials such as those needed for the passive safety of vehicles and they are one of the most important strategies to reduce injury of passengers during traffic accidents. Associated with the development of security systems, there is the possibility of improving efficiency by the introduction of materials that lead to weight reduction, having a direct impact on fuel consumption and lower carbon emissions. The present work aims to study the behaviour of sandwich structures, composed by a foam core with two outer layers of metal sheet (all structure being aluminium). The study of the composite structure behaviour, its mechanical characterization and numerical modelling is essential to analyse the mechanical performance of structures based on this type of materials. This step is fundamental in preliminary design, since the different materials of the composite structure show different mechanical responses. The differences in mechanical behaviour are demonstrated by the axisymmetric compressive stress states tests and also by the influence of hydrostatic pressure in the yield of the aluminium foam porous material [I], while the yield of the homogeneous solid material (aluminium sheet) can be considered as pressure insensitive. In order to correctly characterize separately these two materials of the composite (outer layers and core), a set of tests were performed. The characterization of the aluminium sheet was performed in a series of tensile tests, using three different rolling directions. For the metal foam core characterization a series of uniaxial compression tests were performed [2]. The experimentally obtained results were applied in the development of numerical models for this kind of sandwich structure. The models include elastoplastic constitutive relation, where a distinct plastic domain for different materials is accounted for, as well as, the influence of hydrostatic pressure in the yield of the
The authors investigate the dynamical behaviour of a Duolever type of suspension on a standard sports motorcycle. The paper contains the modelling aspects of it, as well as the optimization process followed in order t...
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Group behavior that appears in a massive crowd can result in some uncontrolled actions that could endanger not only the members of the crowd, but also its surrounding environment. This unpredictable behavior is a resu...
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Ultrasonically Assisted Machining (UAM) is an emerging technology that has been utilized to improve the surface finishing in machining processes such as turning, milling, and drilling. In this context, piezoelectric u...
Ultrasonically Assisted Machining (UAM) is an emerging technology that has been utilized to improve the surface finishing in machining processes such as turning, milling, and drilling. In this context, piezoelectric ultrasonic transducers are being used to vibrate the cutting tip while machining at predetermined amplitude and frequency. However, modelling and simulation of these transducers is a tedious and difficult task. This is due to the inherent nonlinearities associated with smart materials. Therefore, this paper presents a component-based model of ultrasonic transducers that mimics the nonlinear behaviour of such a system. The system is decomposed into components, a mathematical model of each component is created, and the whole system model is accomplished by aggregating the basic components' model. System parameters are identified using Finite Element technique which then has been used to simulate the system in Matlab/SIMULINK. Various operation conditions are tested and performed to demonstrate the system performance.
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