Expansion joints play an important role in the operation of bridge construction. The reliability and durability most other structural elements depend on its quality have a significant impact road safety. One effective types expansion is rubber compensators, service life which directly depends installation. In this work, classifications construction are studied, their defects causes appearance a...

This note develops a technique for designing diagonalizing compensators based on state-space descriptions. The relationship with stable decoupling invariants is also explored. @ 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.

We present a systematic approach to commissioning of the compensator-based IMRT in Pinnacle treatment planning system for commercially manufactured brass compensators. Some model parameters for the beams modulated by the variable-thickness compensators can only be associated with a single compensator thickness. To intelligently choose that thickness for beam modeling, we empirically determined ...

The paper uses previous results of the author to develop the parameterization of nonlinear stabilizing observer–controller compensators of a given nonlinear system.

Physical activity has the potential to modulate appetite control by improving the sensitivity of the physiological satiety signalling system, by adjusting macronutrient preferences or food choices and by altering the hedonic response to food. There is evidence for all these actions. Concerning the impact of physical activity on energy balance, there exists a belief that physical activity drives...

Brass compensators for beam modulation present an alternative method for IMRT treatment planning to traditional dynamic leaf modulation. In this work, we present a detailed method to commission the Pinnacle treatment planning system for IMRT using brass compensators. Beam attenuation from various brass thicknesses were measured using an ion chamber, as well as a MapCHECK device, for a represent...