The design of working nanovehicles is a key challenge for the development of new devices. In this context, 1D controlled sliding of molecules on a silicon-based surface is successfully achieved by using an optimized molecule-substrate pair. Even though the molecule and surface are compatible, the molecule-substrate interaction provides a 1D template effect to guide molecular sliding along a pre...

Sliding and rolling are two outstanding deformation modes in granular media. The first one induces frictional dissipation whereas the latter one involves deformation with negligible resistance. Using numerical simulations on two-dimensional shear cells, we investigate the effect of the grain rotation on the energy dissipation and the strength of granular materials under quasistatic shear deform...

Impulsive actuation has been researched in the past two decades as an inexpensive alternative to multi-degree-of-freedom precision positioning systems. The position of a sliding workpiece can be controlled by a 2-degree-offreedom actuation system through simple pushing path planning. However, the final part position as a result of the last touch of the actuator is subject to uncertainty in the ...

-The permanent magnet linear synchronous motor (PMLSM) is sensitive to various disturbances such as the load disturbances, parameter perturbations, end effect and so on. To overcome this trouble, a new nonlinear robust controller using the homogeneity-based higher-order sliding mode control technique for the PMLSM is proposed. The detailed systematic controller design procedure is discussed. A ...

A sliding mode control scheme is developed for nonlinear, non-minimum phase, uncertain, input-delay processes. The proposed scheme, which integrates a time-advanced nonlinear predictor and a statically equivalent output map, is able to compensate the process’s input-delay and to circumvent the negative effect of inverse response. The convergence properties of the proposed sliding mode control s...

Proton exchange membrane fuel cells have been causing attention because of theirs many advantages. In order to maintain good working condition good controller is required. In this study, the mathematical model for proton exchange membrane fuel cell is developed. Then combining the characteristics of fuzzy control and sliding mode control fuzzy sliding mode controller is designed. The controller...

We report a novel phenomenon in carbon nanotube based ultra-fast mechanical devices, the trans-phonon effect, which resembles the transonic effects in aerodynamics. It is caused by dissipative resonance of nanotube phonons similar to the radial breathing mode, and subsequent drastic surge of the dragging force on the sliding tube, and multiple phonon barriers are encountered as the intertube sl...

Aiming at a class of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system with uncertainty, a sliding mode control algorithm based on neural network disturbance observer is designed and applied to ship yaw and roll joint stabilization. The nonlinear disturbance observer is finished by radial basis function neural network and with that a terminal sliding mode control algorithm is proposed. The asymptoti...

We show experimentally that the sliding friction on sand is greatly reduced by the addition of some-but not too much-water. The formation of capillary water bridges increases the shear modulus of the sand, which facilitates the sliding. Too much water, on the other hand, makes the capillary bridges coalesce, resulting in a decrease of the modulus; in this case, we observe that the friction coef...