Inspired by nature and avionic birds, this paper introduces effective airfoil morphing mechanisms followed by its detailed design, implementation, and control aspects. Unlike conventional fixed-wing aircraft that use ...
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(数字)9798331509644
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(纸本)9798331509651
Inspired by nature and avionic birds, this paper introduces effective airfoil morphing mechanisms followed by its detailed design, implementation, and control aspects. Unlike conventional fixed-wing aircraft that use control surfaces such as flaps and ailerons for flight control, the concept of morphing is a more substantial and conformal shape change that has the advantages of enhanced aerodynamic performances, including longer flight time and range, radar signature, from reduced D (drag force) or improved L (lift force)/D, L and D ratio. Camber is the curvature in the airfoil, and camber morphing is one way of adjusting the camber rate or curvature to modify the flight profile by adjusting L and D. Various works have shown the effectiveness of camber morphing; however, the actual implementation and control of effective mechanisms have not been fully developed for UAVs since camber morphing requires specific internal mechanisms that are light and simple and conformally change the camber rate accordingly. This paper shares detailed design, implementation, and expected costs for converting from conventional to morphing UAVs in future applications.
With the continual adoption of Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) across a wide-variety of application spaces, robust aerial manipulation remains a key research challenge. Aerial manipulation tasks require interacting wi...
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(数字)9798350358513
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(纸本)9798350358520
With the continual adoption of Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) across a wide-variety of application spaces, robust aerial manipulation remains a key research challenge. Aerial manipulation tasks require interacting with objects in the environment, often without knowing their dynamical properties like mass and friction a priori. Additionally, interacting with these objects can have a significant impact on the control and stability of the vehicle. We investigated an approach for robust control and non-prehensile aerial manipulation in unknown environments. In particular, we use model-based Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) to learn a world model of the environment while simultaneously learning a policy for interaction with the environment. We evaluated our approach on a series of push tasks by moving an object between goal locations and demonstrated repeatable behaviors across a range of friction values.
This paper presents the development and evaluation of the AirDock system, a novel aerial docking and in-flight battery exchange solution designed to extend the operational flight time of multirotor unmanned aerial veh...
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Natural fibres derived from agricultural waste have gained traction in recent years. A natural fibre/rice straw hybrid composite has been created to recycle agricultural waste easily while eliminating smoke and fine s...
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In this work, we demonstrate an integrated, simple, yet highly sensitive parallel-plate and co-planar capacitive pressure sensors on a silicone-based composite substrate that addresses the issue of low surface energy ...
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Collision dynamics of nanoparticles with a surface was studied by classical molecular dynamics simulations. Silver, nickel and silica were selected as the particle materials, and silver as the surface material. Partic...
Collision dynamics of nanoparticles with a surface was studied by classical molecular dynamics simulations. Silver, nickel and silica were selected as the particle materials, and silver as the surface material. Particle sizes ranged approximately from 0.5 to 2 nm. The results indicate that particles with thermal energy at room temperature do not bounce off a surface, even when a very weak interaction potential between the particles and the surface is assumed. The loss mechanisms of the center-of-mass energy of nanoparticles colliding with a surface were also investigated. The findings indicate that energy losses to the surface and the rotational degree of freedom are important. The loss to the surface is significant when a harder particle hits a softer surface. This is because the center-of-mass energy is mainly transferred to the surface as elastic energy, and the energy is not effectively transferred back to the particle. Non-spherical silica particles were found to lose more energy than the other types of particles. This phenomenon is due to a large energy transfer to the rotational degree of the freedom upon collision.
The objective of this study was to generate two digital models based on an existing electro-hydraulic servo system aiming to identify the most effective control strategy for the real machine. The first model was devel...
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ISBN:
(数字)9798350349450
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(纸本)9798350349467
The objective of this study was to generate two digital models based on an existing electro-hydraulic servo system aiming to identify the most effective control strategy for the real machine. The first model was developed based on the system's mathematical model using MATLAB-Simulink, while the second was constructed using the multibody dynamics of the system via the Mevea platform. The intelligent controller incorporated a fuzzy logic controller and a genetic algorithm-tuned PID controller. The proposed control platform is characterized by its universal applicability. The experiment was replicated with the actual machine. A real-time cost comparison of the control methodologies was conducted to identify the most efficient controller for the real system. The findings indicated that the genetic algorithm-tuned PID controller yielded the lowest cost function compared to other controllers. Experimental results confirmed the satisfactory performance of the proposed controller.
The nonlinear interaction of shear horizontal waves with fatigue cracks is investigated for structural damage detection. The focus is on the non-classical modulation effect in the presence of damage. The major princip...
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Circular economy introduction in industry is globally recognized as one of the most effective green strategies towards sustainability and resources reduction. As the automotive sector has been historically one of the ...
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This paper reports on the design, fabrication, and evaluation of a novel 3D printed vacuum based soft sensor and its application as hand motion sensor. Soft sensors are an integral part of soft robotics as an emerging...
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