Browsing Scientific Publications in Engineering Sciences by Issue Date
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Scanning Tunneling Spectroscope Use in Electrocatalysis Testing
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)The relationship between the electrocatalytic properties of an electrode and its ability to transfer electrons between the electrode and a metallic tip in a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) is investigated. The alkaline ... -
Feedback vibration control of a base-isolated building with delayed measurements using h∞ techniques
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)n this paper we address the problem of vibration reduction of buildings with delayed measurements, where the delays are time-varying and bounded. We focus on a convex optimization approach to the problem of state-feedback ... -
Stability analysis with H∞ performance of production networks with autonomous work systems and time-varying delays
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2011)This paper considers the problem of stability analysis with an H ∞ performance for a class of production networks of autonomous work systems with delays in the capacity changes. The system under consideration shares ... -
Semi-decentralized strategies in structural vibration control
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)In this work, the main ideas involved in the design of overlapping and multi-overlapping controllers via the Inclusion Principle are discussed and illustrated in the context of the Structural Vibration Control of tall ... -
Mean-square filtering for polynomial system states confused with poisson noises over polynomial observations
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)In this paper, the mean-square filtering problem for polynomial system states confused with white Poisson noises over polynomial observations is studied proceeding from the general expression for the stochastic Ito ... -
Application of wavelet networks to adaptive control of robotic manipulators
(Lecture Notes in Computer Science;7102, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2011)In this paper, a wavelet-based adaptive control is proposed for a class of robotic manipulators, which consist of nonlinearities for friction effects and uncertain terms as disturbances. The controller is calculated by ... -
Development of lumped-parameter mathematical models for a vehicle localized impact
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)In this paper, we propose a method of modeling for vehicle crash systems based on viscous and elastic properties of the materials. This paper covers an influence of different arrangement of spring and damper on the models’ ... -
Adaptive H∞ synchronization of master-slave systems with mixed time-varying delays and nonlinear perturbations: An LMI approach
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)This paper proposes an adaptive synchronization problem for the master and slave structure of linear systems with nonlinear perturbations and mixed time-varying delays comprising different discrete and distributed time ... -
Active-passive control strategy for adjacent buildings
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2011)In this paper, a control strategy to mitigate the vibrational response of adjacent buildings under seismic excitation is presented. The proposed strategy combines inter-building passive actuators with active actuators ... -
Active-passive decentralized H∞ control for adjacent buildings under seismic excitation
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2011)In this paper, a control strategy to reduce the vibrational response of adjacent buildings under seismic excitation is presented. The proposed strategy combines passive linking elements with an active decentralized H∞ ... -
H∞ control of Markovian switching systems with time-delays: Applied to DC-DC converters
(Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society;37, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2011)The DC-DC switching power converters are highly nonlinear systems. Consequently, the conventional linear controls based on averaging and linearization techniques will result in poor dynamic performance or system instability. ... -
Application of learning pallets for real-time scheduling by use of artificial neural network
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2011)Generally, this paper deals with the problem of autonomy in logistics. Specifically here, a complex problem in inbound logistics is considered as real-time scheduling in a stochastic shop floor problem. Recently, in order ... -
Wind turbine modeling using the bond graph
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2011)This paper addresses the problem of bond graph methodology as a graphical approach for modeling wind turbine systems. In this case, we consider the modeling of a wind turbine system with individual pitch control scheme and ... -
Optimised assembly mode reconfiguration of the 5-DOF Gantry-Tau using mixed-integer programming
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)This paper presents a systematic approach based on Mixed Integer Linear Programming for finding an optimal singularity-free reconfiguration path of the 5-DOF Gantry-Tau parallel kinematic machine. The results in the paper ... -
Mathematical modeling of a vehicle crash test based on elasto-plastic unloading scenarios of spring-mass models
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)This paper investigates the usability of spring which exhibit nonlinear force-deflection characteristic in the area of mathematical modeling of vehicle crash. We present a method which allows us to obtain parameters of the ... -
Control design methodologies for vibration mitigation on wind turbine systems
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Signal analysis and performance evaluation of a vehicle crash test with a fixed safety barrier based on Haar wavelets
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)This paper deals with the wavelet-based performance analysis of the safety barrier for use in a full-scale test. The test involves a vehicle, a Ford Fiesta, which strikes the safety barrier at a prescribed angle and speed. ... -
The performance investigation of viscoelastic hybrid models in vehicle crash event representation
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2011)This paper presents application of physical models composed of springs, dampers and masses joined together in various arrangements to simulation of a real car collision with a rigid pole. Equations of motion of those systems ... -
LQG control design for balancing an inverted pendulum mobile robot
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)The objective of this paper is to design linear quadratic controllers for a system with an inverted pendulum on a mobile robot. To this goal, it has to be determined which control strategy delivers better performance with ... -
Vibration control of a base-isolated building using wavelets
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2011)This paper proposes a numerical approach for finding an optimal control based on wavelet functions for vibration reduction of a base-isolated building subjected to actual earthquakes. The objective is two-fold: (1) to find ...