Following the Indian-Asian continental collision, Tibetan Plateau experienced continuous magmatism from south to north, most of which is characterized by high potassium (K) content and negative niobium‑tantalum‑titanium (Nb-Ta-Ti) anomalies. We performed first exploration using thallium (Tl) isotopes as potential tracers source post-collisional K-rich magmatism. A case study on Tl isotope syste...

We present an approach to path planning for humanoid robots that computes dynamically-stable, collision-free trajectories from full-body posture goals. Given a geometric model of the environment and a statically-stable desired posture, we search the configuration space of the robot for a collision-free path that simultaneously satisfies dynamic balance constraints. We adapt existing randomized ...

The characterization of the performance of baseball bats is presented from a physics point of view. The goal is to define a set of laboratory measurements that can be used to predict performance in the field. The concept of a model-independent collision efficiency, which relates the post-collision ball speed to the initial ball and bat speeds, is introduced and its properties are investigated. ...

A new method to solve the collision problems of slender bars with massive external surfaces is developed. The proposed solution accounts for the effect of impact induced vibrations and multiple collisions on the post collision velocities of the impacting members. The approach is based on representing the vibrational energy of the bars during the collision process in terms of a non-dimensional p...

a typical radio frequency identification system (rfid) includes one reader and a number of tags. the reader transmit to commands to the tags with interrogation radio signals, and tags receive the command and then respond with their identification. readers with interrogation signals can read tags’ responses. in rfid systems, when multiple tags respond to one reader simultaneously, tag collision ...

rfid system is a wireless technology that can transfer data between tags and readers via radio frequency. in an rfid network, readers are located close to each other to obtain optimal connectivity and sufficient coverage. in such an environment, which is called dense reader environment (dre).different types of collisions such as reader-to-reader and reader-to-tag ones, often lead to serious pro...

Three-dimensional simulations of the frictional collision between solid balls moving on a rough surface are analyzed in this paper. The analysis is performed in the context of pool and snooker, two popular games in the pocket billiards family. Accurate simulations of ball motion in billiard games are useful for television broadcasts, training systems and any robotic game playing systems. Studyi...