Abstract In this paper, a new motion-based approach for Global Positioning System (GPS) integer ambiguity resolution is derived. The approach first represents the GPS sightline vectors in the body frame or the baseline vectors in the reference frame. The solution to this problem is always available as long as at least three non-coplanar baseline or sightline vectors exist. The body-frame sightl...

A methodology for the regulation of boom sprayers working in circular trajectories has been developed. In this type of trajectory, the areas of the plots of land treated by the outer nozzles of the boom are treated at reduced rates, and those treated by the inner nozzles are treated in excess. The goal of this study was to establish the methodology to determine the flow of the individual nozzle...

In 1996 and 1997 a monitoring network was set up at the translational slide of Vallcebre. Fourteen boreholes were equipped with piezometers, wire extensometers and inclinometers. Since then groundwater levels changes and wire displacements have been automatically recorded every 20 minutes. Superficial displacements have been periodically measured with differential GPS. The monitoring network ha...

The detection and monitoring of mass movement of susceptible slopes plays a key role in mitigating hazards and potential damage associated with creeping slopes and landslides. In this paper, we use observations from both Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) and Global Positioning System (GPS) to assess the slope stability of the Sarcheshmeh ancient landslide in the North Khorasan pr...

Global Positioning System (GPS) technology with 10–20-Hz sampling rates allows scientifically justified dynamic measurements of relative displacements of long-period structures. The displacement response of a simulated tall building in real time and permanent deployment of GPS units at the roof of a building are described. To the authors’ best knowledge, this is the first permanent deployment o...

For the Generalized Plane Stress (GPS) problem in linear elasticity, we obtain an optimal stability estimate of logarithmic type for inverse determining smooth cavities inside a thin isotropic cylinder from single boundary measurement traction and displacement. The result is obtained by reformulating GPS as Kirchhoff–Love plate-like terms Airy function, using strong unique continuation at plate...

OBJECTIVES To examine the validity and inter-unit reliability of 10 Hz GPS for measuring instantaneous velocity during maximal accelerations. DESIGN Experimental. METHODS Two 10 Hz GPS devices secured to a sliding platform mounted on a custom built monorail were towed whilst sprinting maximally over 10 m. Displacement of GPS devices was measured using a laser sampling at 2000 Hz, from which...

In this study, two novel learning algorithms have been applied on Radial Basis Function Neural Network (RBFNN) to approximate the functions with high non-linear order. The Probabilistic Evolutionary (PE) and Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) techniques are proposed to significantly minimize the error functions. The main idea is concerning the various strategies to optimize the procedure of Gradient ...

In this work, we develop a meshfree method based on fundamental solutions basis functions for a transmission problem in linear elasticity. The problem here addressed, consists in computing the displacement field of an elastic object, which has piecewise constant Lamé coefficients, from a given displacement field on the boundary. The Lamé coefficients are assumed to be constant in non overlaping...