We propose the musical benches problem to model a wait-free coordination difficulty that is orthogonal to previously studied ones such as agreement or symmetry breaking (leader election or renaming). A bench is the usual binary consensus problem for 2 processes. Assume n+ 1 processes want to sit in n benches as follows. Each one starts with a preference, consisting of a bench and one place (lef...

the evaluation and control of the trains induced vibrations needs even more attention in the case of underground tracks which passes near to monuments and historical sites. the rail corrugations which occur due to the wheels’ impulse loads during the operation period of underground railway tracks, usually amplify the ground borne noise and vibration. in the current study, the mentioned phenomen...

An algorithm for the estimation of the electric resistance for self-sensing magnetic levitation systems is presented. The development of this novel estimation algorithm is based on the position estimator proposed in Glück et al. (2010). Based on the mathematical model of the considered magnetic levitation system, the main ideas of the position estimation algorithm are summarized. A detailed ana...

The purpose of the present study was to develop a repetition-load scheme for the eccentric-only bench press exercise. Nine resistance trained men (age: 21.6 ± 1.0 years; 1-repetition maximum [RM] bench press: 137.7 ± 30.4 kg) attended four testing sessions during a four week period. During the first session each subject's 1-RM bench press load utilizing the stretch-shortening cycle was determin...

The Visible Integral-field Replicable Unit Spectrograph Prototype (VIRUS-P) has been in operation on the Harlan J Smith 2.7m Telescope at McDonald Observatory since October of 2006. The prototype was created to test the design and science capabilities of the full VIRUS instrument, wherein 150 copies of the spectrograph will be installed on the Hobby Eberly Telescope (HET). We here discuss the s...

Nonlinear behavior and disturbance sensitivity of the blood pressure processes cause them to be known as an appropriate test bench for advanced control approaches. Because of special behavior and varying parameters of blood pressure processes, multiple models predictive control approaches (MMPC) have the better performance than other ones from both regulation and disturbance rejection points of...

The present heating method which uses the cooling system of the internal combustion engine of the vehicle takes a lot of time to heat the interior air. In order to improve the heating process, auxiliary devices are required. The new innovative techniques propose as auxiliary heating device positive temperature coefficient heaters. For a better control of the temperature, the parameters of these...

Article history: Received 25 May 2015 Received in revised form 17 June 2015 Accepted 18 June 2015 Available online xxxx