The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) provides a method by which different spur and helical gear designs can be compared in terms of the risk for surface fatigue. The calculation of surface durability is based on Hertzian contact theory modified by factors for making adjustments peculiar to gearing. These factors are mainly determined through experimentation, and include surf...

longevity of osseointegrated implants are intensely influenced by biomechanical factors. control of these factors prevents mechanical complications, which include fracture of screws, components, or materials veneering the framework. in this study, the impact of length and threads pitch of dental implants on the stress distribution and maximum von mises stress in implant-abutment complex and jaw...

Two aspects of the perception of extrapersonal space undergo systematic changes with variations in the pitch of the visual environment: (1) the physical elevation perceived to correspond to eye level (VPEL); and (2) the perception of the pitch of the visual environment (PVP). Thus, one might assume that both discriminations are controlled by a common mechanism utilizing visual information from ...

This paper introduces a framework for parametric speech modeling that can be used in various speech applications such as text-to-speech synthesis, voice conversion etc. In order to reduce impact of pitch variations the harmonic analysis is done in the warped time scale that is aligned with instantaneous pitch values. It is assumed that each harmonic has its own periodic excitation source that e...

Interconnection of wind generation with power distribution systems may result in rapid voltage variations, or flicker, much more readily than for HV transmission interconnections. Wind turbine generators employing doublyfed asynchronous generators provide a means to rapidly control reactive power, as well as to smooth variations in real power. This capability is exploited to minimize flicker, d...

The effect of variations in pitch, loudness, and timbre on the perception of the dynamics of isolated instrumental tones is investigated. A full factorial design was used in a listening experiment. The subjects were asked to indicate the perceived dynamics of each stimulus on a scale from pianissimo to fortissimo. Statistical analysis showed that for the instruments included (i.e., clarinet, fl...

Ground plane detection is essential for successful navigation of vision based mobile robots. We introduce a very simple but robust ground plane detection method based on depth information obtained using an RGB-Depth sensor. We present two different variations of the method: the simplest one is robust in setups where the sensor pitch angle is fixed and has no roll, whereas the second one can han...

Wind energy is currently the fastest-growing renewable source of energy in India; India is a key market for the wind industry, presenting substantial opportunities for both the international and domestic players. In India the research is carried out on wind energy utilization on big ways .There are still many unsolved challenges in expanding wind power, and there are numerous problems of intere...

A simplified auditory model has been used for calculating an enhanced summary auto-correlation or ESACF, which can be used as a tool for musical pitch estimation from audio signal. The model itself is not only computationally efficient but its ESACF also shows a good result for single pitch estimation. However, using this ESACF for multiple pitch estimation seems to be very difficult to analyse...

The aim of the present work is to perform a step towards more natural pitch shifting techniques in singing voice for its application in music production and entertainment systems. In this paper, we present an advanced method to achieve natural modifications when applying a pitch shifting process to singing voice by modifying the spectral envelope of the audio excerpt. To this end, an all-pole m...