In this paper a control system has been designed to improve traffic conditions in car following maneuver. There are different methods to design a control system. In this paper design approach is based on the Fuzzy sliding mode control (FSMC) system. The aim of designing FSMC system is to achieve safe and desire longitudinal distance and less lateral displacement. In orde...

Over the last decades, performance-based design objectives have shifted towards damage control and continuity of operation after a design-level earthquake. In this context, advantages rocking been applied to development family self-centring systems that can sustain large lateral deformations without noticeable damage. However, bending moments shear forces in uplifting structures increase signif...

G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) are a class of drug targets of primary importance. However, receptor assays are based on measurement of either ligand displacement or downstream functional responses, rather than direct observation of ligand binding. Issues of allosteric modulation, probe dependence, and functional selectivity create challenges in selecting suitable assays formats. Therefore,...

High-rise buildings subjected to lateral loads such as wind and earthquake loads must be checked not to exceed the limits on the maximum lateral displacement or the maximum inter-story drift ratios. In this paper, a sensing model for deformed shapes of a building structure in motion is presented. The deformed shape sensing model based on a 2D scanner consists of five modules: (1) module for acq...

Yield Point Spectra are used to indicate the influence of Peffects on the lateral strengths associated with constant ductility demands. The intensity of Peffects is represented by a new index, termed the effective height, heff. This representation is useful for performance-based seismic design, because the effective height may be estimated accurately using information that is available early in...

We describe the design and operation principle of a new displacement sensor with a substantial improvement in resolution over what is currently possible. The potential for significant improvement in the measurement of displacement has profound implications for several high-impact gravitational physics and particle physics projects: the detection of gravitational waves, the test of the equivalen...

We provide a brief overview of the Discrete Element Method (DEM) for modeling large frictional contact problems in granular flow dynamics and quasi-static geomechanics applications. In terms of contact, DEM can be divided into two approaches: the Constraint Method (CM) or rigid-body approach, and the Penalty Method (PM) or soft-body approach. We give a detailed presentation of a DEM-PM contact ...

Some structural control systems have been devised to protect structures against earthquakes, which the tuned mass damper (TMD) being one of the earliest. The effect of a tuned mass damper depends on its properties, such as mass, damping coefficient, and stiffness. The parameters of tuned mass dampers need to be tuned based on the main system and applied load. In most of the papers, the paramete...

This paper presents the modified design of a bidirectional electrothermal chevron beam microtweezer proposed by J. K. Luo [1]. The original design has been modified to include inward in-plane motion. Thus, the modified design is capable of bidirectional motion. The structures are designed and simulated using COMSOL Multiphysics 4.2a. The bidirectional chevron beam microtweezer shows an in-plane...