A methodology for tuning the stiffness of machine tool supports is described based on a stiffness model using the contact stiffness approach. Using this model, the mathematical relationship between the load of the support and its stiffness is established. The relationship is separated into three regions. When the total stiffness of all supports is maximized, the load must be tuned so that the s...

Acoustical methods are playing an important role for nondestructive evaluation (NDE) of adhesive-bonded composites and components in industrial applications. A dual-frequency ultrasonic technique is proposed for the quantitative evaluation of contact strength between pressed solid surfaces. An ultrasonic excitation consists of two primary frequency components is applied perpendicular to the int...

the effect of geometry and material of the micro/nano particle on contact mechanic for manipulation was studied in this work based on atomic force microscopy. hertz contact model simulation for eph biological micro particle with spherical, cylindrical, and circular crowned roller shape was used to investigate the effect of geometry on contact simulation process in manipulation. then, to validat...

We study the influence of the contact stiffness and the ration between cantilever and tip lengths on the resonance frequencies and sensitivities of lateral cantilever modes. We derive expressions to determine both the effective resonance frequency and the mode sensitivity of an atomic force microscope (AFM) rectangular cantilever. Once the contact stiffness is given, the resonance frequency and...

in this paper, the propagation of the waves in the laminated composite plates which is subjected to low velocity impact is investigated using the finite element method. a rigid metallic projectile with spherical nose is considered and the impact of this projectile with laminated composite is studied in this study. considering a finite element model the governing equations of the problem is disc...

This paper discusses the stability of 2D frictionless grasps and combining stability of frictional and frictionless grasps from the viewpoint of potential energy method. In many works related to the frictionless grasp, each finger is replaced by one directional virtual spring along the normal at the contact point. However, this condition is not accurate, because the frictionless condition does ...

The reflection and transmission of thermoelastic plane waves at an imperfect boundary of two dissimilar fibre-reinforced transversely isotropic thermoelastic solid half-spaces under hydrostatic initial stress has been investigated. The appropriate boundary conditions are applied at the interface to obtain the reflection and transmission coefficients of various reflected and transmitted waves wi...

This paper investigates the stability of distributed direct user-to-user networked haptic interaction with remote dynamic proxies and passive wave domain communications. Considering fixed communication delays and fixed and low data transmission rate over the network, the paper develops the multirate state space model of the haptic system and uses eigenvalue analysis to determine the maximum sti...

Soil stiffness constants govern the soil sinkage and the pressure-sinkage behaviour of the soil under load. To determine soil stiffness constants in Upadhyaya model under field conditions, a field reflecting general character of an agricultural soil was selected and multiplate penetration tests were conducted. The soil stiffness constants in Upadhyaya model were determined from five sets of soi...

This paper presents an efficient shape-based three-axial force and stiffness estimator for active catheters commonly implemented in cardiac ablation. The force-sensing capability provides important feedback for catheterization procedures including real-time control and catheter steering in autonomous navigation systems. The proposed platform is based on the introduced accurate and computational...