In this paper the control algorithm for controlled civil structures subjected to earthquake excitation is thoroughly investigated. The objective of this work is the control of structures by means of the pole placement algorithm, in order to improve their response against earthquake actions. Successful application of the algorithm requires judicious placement of the closed-loop eigenvalues from ...

With advanced subsonic transports and military aircraft operating in the transonic regime, it is becoming important to determine the effects of the coupling between aerodynamic loads and elastic forces. Because aeroelastic effects can signiŽ cantly impact the design of these aircraft, there is a strong need in the aerospace industry to predict these interactions computationally.Such an analysis...

An evaluation of aerodynamic and structural models is carried out for their application to flight dynamics of low-speed aircraft with very-flexible high-aspect-ratio wings. The structural dynamic approaches include displacement-based, strain-based, and intrinsic (first-order) geometrically-nonlinear composite beam models, while thin-strip and vortexlattice methods are considered for the unstead...

Computational Structural Dynamics (CSD) simulations, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation, and Fluid Structure Interaction (FSI) simulations were carried out in an anatomically realistic model of a saccular cerebral aneurysm with the objective of quantifying the effects of type of simulation on principal fluid and solid mechanics results. Eight CSD simulations, one CFD simulation, and ...

Model reduction and model expansion play an important part in many aspects of structural dynamic modeling techniques. These include reduced models for structural response studies, correlation of analytical and experimental models, expansion of measured mode shapes for structural dynamic modification and system models, and expansion for analytical model improvement studies using modal vectors. A...

Singularity is an inherent characteristic of a closed-chain manipulator. This paper presents an approach to singularity analysis of the planar 3-RRR parallel manipulator. On the basis of screw theory, the motion/force transmission analysis of the manipulator is first achieved. The singularity is classified into three types: constraint singularity, input transmission singularity, and output tran...

A growth of the market share of private label brands has been observed in developed countries. This growth was initially confirmed for food and drugstore categories, but it quickly expanded to new product categories, particularly technology products. This study focus on a specific technology segment the private label brands in smartphones, due to the growth observed in its demand, in recent yea...

Every year the number of installed wind power plants in the world increases. The horizontal axis wind turbine is the most common type of turbine but there exist other types. Here, three different wind turbines are considered; the horizontal axis wind turbine and two different concepts of vertical axis wind turbines; the Darrieus turbine and the H-rotor. This paper aims at making a comparative s...