Interlocked molecules such as catenanes and rotaxanes, connected only via mechanical bonds have the ability to perform large-scale sliding and rotational movements, making them attractive components for the construction of artificial molecular machines and motors. We here demonstrate the realization of large, rigid rotaxane structures composed of DNA origami subunits. The structures can be easi...

This study examined the effect of seat position on handrim biomechanics. Thirteen experienced users propelled a wheelchair over a smooth level floor at a self-selected speed. Kinetic and temporal-distance data were collected with the use of an instrumented rim and a motion analysis system. A custom-designed axle was used to change the seat position. We used repeated measures analysis of varianc...

ABSTRACT At final parameters and characteristics of tyre can influence several basic elements – tyre composition, sort of used fillers, caoutchouc, reinforcing materials, their construction, choice of curing process, process of stabilization, storage conditions and so on. Nowadays by motorizing development are producers specialized for tire properties parameterize. This fact is necessary to sat...

The torque measurement usually comes from strain gauges bonded on a shaft. The main concern in this measurement is due to the fact that these gauges are also rotating and the integration of electronic on rotating parts is definitely a blocking point. To overcome these limitations, the architecture of our device is mainly composed of two targets, two position sensors, a proof body and a compact ...

In anticipation of the introduction of high modulus materials in the Swiss standards, a research project has been carried out for the evaluation of these bituminous mixtures. Three full-size test sections were built in a test hall for ALT named Halle-fosse: Two sections with two different high modulus bituminous mixtures (named EME, abbreviation of the French designation of the mixture: Enrobé ...

This paper focuses on the American states and the sources of the expanding structural imbalance between their highway-related revenues on the one hand and expenditures for transportation infrastructure needs on the other. The paper describes the roots of the funding problem over recent decades, looks at some of the responses taken at the state and federal level, and discusses their inherent lim...

Future-proof and highly available axle counting systems will be based on inductive wheel sensor systems with analogue output signals. Decades of experience for Frauscher Sensortechnik GmbH and over sixty thousand installations worldwide show that in the long term only this technology will be able to meet the challenges arising from the application environment. Increasing functional demands can ...

Weigh-in-motion (WIM) devices record vehicle axle loads on highways. WIM data include loads, inter-axle spacings, classification, gross weights, length, and travel speed. Pavement design, management, performance studies all require data, directly as a spectrum or indirectly standard axles. In 2016, 132 were operating California’s highway network, one of the densest best-maintained clusters in U...

Layered elastic theory (LET) was performed by Burmister. It helped to build mechanistic – empirical (M-E) pavement design. In this study, three different approaches were used predict Cumulative Equivalent single axle load (C-ESAL) over the design period. Two based on M-E and one empirical. each of these cases, standard loads as well weight limits vehicle classification, according their configur...

A hybrid control scheme is proposed for the stabilization of backward driving along simple paths for a miniature vehicle composed of a truck and a two-axle trailer. When reversing, the truck and trailer can be modelled as an unstable nonlinear system with state and input saturations. Due to these constraints the system is impossible to globally stabilize with standard smooth control techniques,...