BACKGROUND Body-powered prosthesis users frequently complain about the poor cosmesis and comfort of the traditional shoulder harness. The Ipsilateral Scapular Cutaneous Anchor System offers an alternative, but it remains unclear to what extent it affects the perception and control of cable operation forces compared to the traditional shoulder harness. OBJECTIVE To compare cable force percepti...

Pile–anchor structures are widely used in foundation excavation and slope reinforcement due to their safety reliability. However, the pile–anchor have common problem of prestress loss anchor cables, which may reduce stability structures. To accurately predict a new calculation model was established, availability verified through engineering cases. Meanwhile, aiming at long-term coupled creep be...

The paper discusses the numerical optimization design of anchoring end of prestressed cable at some hydropower station. There are two types of designing for the anchoring end, namely using square thick steel anchor bearing plate or using the roundtower anchor bearing plate. By the numerical calculation, the anchoring end using the round-tower anchor bearing plate can match the space and mechani...

We show the design and implementation of a robot controller with a unique locomotion system. We demonstrate that a discrete-event simulation based design provides a cost-effective, flexible , open workflow for modular robotic development. The robot is designed to translate against a vertical surface using cables fixed at one end that can wind on motor-controlled spools attached to the robot. Th...

Despite the recent developments in structural health monitoring, there remain great challenges for accurately, conveniently, and economically assessing the in-service performance of the main cables for long-span suspension bridges. A long-term structural health monitoring technique is developed to measure the tension force with a conventional sensing technology and further provide the in-servic...