The wall of hollow organs of vertebrates is a unique structure able to generate active tension and maintain a nearly constant passive stiffness over a large volume range. These properties are predominantly attributable to the smooth muscle cells that line the organ wall. Although smooth muscle is known to possess plasticity (i.e., the ability to adapt to large changes in cell length through str...

Abstract An extradosed cable‐stayed bridge employs a structure that combines the main elements of both prestressed box girder and bridge. In to apply optimization, because this type has hybrid nature; bridges have significant additional complexity oversizing [7]. This research paper evaluated optimum depth with pylon height, angle stay cable, effect concrete grade on those three parameters an c...

A method for robotized cable winding of the Uppsala University Wave Energy Converter generator stator has previously been presented and validated. The purpose of this study is to present and validate further developments to the method: automated stand-alone equipment for the preparation of the winding cables. The cable preparation consists of three parts: feeding the cable from a drum, forming ...

The cable equation describes the voltage in a straight cylindrical cable, and this model has been employed to model electrical potential in dendrites and axons. However, sometimes this equation might give incorrect predictions for some realistic geometries, in particular when the radius of the cable changes significantly. Cables with a nonconstant radius are important for some phenomena, for ex...

Analysis and design of an 8-storey cable net sculpture for a new transit center in Lower Manhattan required its designers to adopt a highly integrated computational approach. This approach combined aspects of structural analysis, form-finding, 3D and parametric modeling to achieve the artistic objectives of the sculptural form while ensuring desired performance of the extensive tensile system. ...

In this paper, we investigate a design method for cable-driven snake arm maintainer (SAM) and its dynamics modelling. A SAM can provide redundant degrees of freedom high structural stiffness, as well load capacity simplified structure ideal various narrow extreme working environments, such nuclear power plants. However, their serial-parallel configuration cable drive system make the strongly co...

Wireless sensors have been proposed for use in structural health monitoring systems because they offer low-installation costs and automated data processing functionality. To validate the performance of the proposed WiMMS (wireless modular monitoring system) on the vibration measurement of large-scale civil structures, a three-story half-scale steel structure is instrumented with a wireless moni...