Rotary ultrasonic machining has been approved as an effective and efficient hole making process for carbon fiber–reinforced plastic composites. Hole quality plays an important role in assembling carbon fiber–reinforced plastic components and can be affected by the carbon fiber reinforcement structures. In this study, experiments are conducted to assess hole quality in carbon fiber–reinforced plastic

In recent years, rehabilitation engineering has played a crucial role in improving the quality of life for individuals with disabilities, by developing innovative devices and assistive technologies. In particular, the population aged over 75 is expected to rise considerably with a corresponding increase in long term conditions and functional and sensory impairments. In addition, people with a range

The study on the effect of cane wood and palm kernel as filler materials on the compressive strength and density of an automobile brake pad has been done. The Central Composite Design tool of the Design Expert 8 software was used to design percentage composition of the test samples for 20 experimental runs. To ascertain how well the factors fit in the design, the lack of fit test was performed. The

The axial and radial temperature distributions of an induction heating workpiece considerably impact the subsequent nitriding process. To obtain a satisfactory temperature distribution, an equal pitch coil, a variable pitch coil, and a variable radius coil were designed. Furthermore, an induction heating model that exhibits electromagnetic and temperature field coupling was established; thus, the effects

Micropolar fluids commonly represent the complex fluids with microstructure, for example, animal blood and liquid crystals. To understand the behavior of micropolar fluids and the role of micropolar parameters, different micropolar fluids models were implemented by user-defined function in the FLUENT software. The correctness of user-defined function programs was verified comparing to the analytical

The fault-crossing tunnel in meizoseismal area is directly subjected to strong ground motion, which leads to the failure of the tunnel lining. In order to improve the seismic safety of tunnel, fiber-reinforced concrete is applied to tunnel lining in this article. Taking the section of Zhongyi tunnel crossing Wanlong fault as an example, seismic performance of fiber-reinforced concrete tunnel lining

The aim of this present study is to analyze numerically the buckling behavior of cracked thin bi-material structures subjected to compression and tensile stresses and this, by considering the evolution of crack lengths and its orientations at the interface. This research work allows to quantify numerically the buckling phenomenon which can affects the thin plates for both cases, with and without interface

A novel centrifugal pump with axial directional inlet and outlet flow was presented. The system fluid was employed as the lubricant for the hydrodynamic bearings by which the pump can operate at the maximum speed of 8100 r/min without oil lubrication or rigid support. The performance curves related to the efficiency, head, and volume flow rate were obtained via a water cycle test rig. The efficiency

Interior noise in high-speed trains creates passenger discomfort and fatigue. In particular, the noise generated around the gangway between carriages tends to be easily transmitted to the passenger spaces due to the large noise component in the low-frequency region. In addition, the noise from the between-cars space around the gangway exterior tends to increase significantly when the high-speed train

In this study, a four-stroke, naturally aspirated, single-cylinder, spark ignition engine was operated with neat gasoline fuel. In-cylinder pressure, performance, and emission values were obtained at full load and 2400-r/min constant engine speed. Using these values, a single-dimensional theoretical model was calibrated. A Kistler spark plug–type pressure sensor was used to obtain in-cylinder pressure

This article presents the results of experimental investigation of tribological properties of commercial mineral motor oil with chiral nematic (also known as twisted nematic or cholesteric) liquid crystal additives. Cholesteryl stearate and valerate (fatty acid cholesterol esters) liquid crystals were used as oil additives in investigation. Tribological experiments were performed using a block-on-disc-type

When precision cutting titanium alloy, the cutting part of cutting tool is mainly concentrated in the cutting edge area, so there is a strong emphasis upon the cutting edge’s geometric parameters. Studies have found that putting a micro-texture on the cutting surface can reduce the cutting force. This article looks at the milling force involved in cutting titanium alloy with a micro-textured ball-end

This article presents a numerical study to investigate boundary-layer heat transfer fluid associated with a moving flat body in cooperation of variable plate and streaming-free velocity along the boundary surface in the laminar flow. The thermal conductivity is supposed to vary linearly with temperature. Similarity transformations are applied to render the governing partial differential equations for

Permanent magnet synchronous motors are the main power output components of electric vehicles. Once a failure occurs, it will affect the vehicle’s power, stability, and safety. While as a complex field-circuit coupling system composed of machine-electric-magnetic-thermal, the permanent magnet synchronous motor of electric vehicle has various operating conditions and complicated condition environment

This investigation based on electromagnetohydrodynamic flow in microchannels through lightly corrugated walls effects is reported in the presence of variable liquid properties. In microparallel plates, we consider incompressible and electrically conducting viscous fluid. With small amplitudes, the wall corrugations are described by periodic sin waves. The governing equations are rendered dimensionless

Over the last decades, the deployment of large solar-based photovoltaic power plants has grown tremendously. The undesirable impact of high integration level of photovoltaic systems has led energy stakeholders to regulate such penetration to avoid this negative impact. One major concern with regard to photovoltaic penetration is the issue of power quality. Poor power quality can be a source of system

To develop a comprehensive performance evaluation model of heat transfer tube, the flow condensation heat transfer experiment of R1234yf inside the tube was operated. In this article, the effect of mass flux, condensation temperature, and fin structural parameters on the heat transfer characteristics was studied, and then corrections of heat transfer coefficient and pressure drop predictive effect

This article presents the design of a spiral sampling device to perform lunar soil sampling and packaging, considering the special lunar environment and the physical and mechanical properties of the lunar soil. Combining the mechanical properties of lunar soil and the geometrical characteristics of the sampling device, the contact model between particles and the contact parameters between device and

In order to timely identify and mitigate the adverse effect of the random disturbance in the manufacturing system, a method of identifying and mitigating the random disturbance is proposed. In the method, the disturbance is structured into several categories, and each is subdivided into several events. The disturbance data detected by the hardware system are normalized to 10 scales for more accurate

The objective of this study is to perform experimental and numerical analysis of the static strength and fatigue life reliability of parabolic leaf springs in heavy commercial trucks. To achieve this objective, stress and displacements under static loading were analytically calculated. A computer-aided design model of a parabolic leaf spring was created. The stress and displacements were calculated

Jiang S, Li J, and Mao Z. Research on the propagation path of function change in product conceptual design. Advances in Mechanical Engineering 2016; 8(10): 1-15. doi: 10.1177/1687814016675998

The aim of this study is to optimize the characteristic parameters of the segmental joints based on the contact pressure of sealing gasket. The design status of shield tunnel segment joint sealing gasket material, cross-section type, and holes arrangement through statistical data are first analyzed using the numerical simulation method. The result of this study indicates that the linear regression

Ensemble local mean decomposition has been gradually introduced into mechanical vibration signal processing due to its excellent performance in electroencephalogram signal analysis. However, an unsatisfactory problem is that ensemble local mean decomposition cannot effectively process vibration signals of complex mechanical system due to the constraints of moving average. The process of moving average

Motor function assessment of patients and the elderly is crucial to gait assessment and gait rehabilitation. Accuracy of the assessment is affected by clinician’s experience. To solve the problem, this article proposes motor function assessment index to assess the motor function of patients. VICON system collects video of subjects when they are walking. And the original gait videos are pre-processed

This article reports the linear stability analysis of a thermodynamic-transcritical jet sprayed to a radial electrical field. An asymptotic approach was used to obtain the stability solution of a supercritical jet subjected to electrical field. In order to obtain the solutions for the electrified supercritical jet, the surface tension was decreased and consequently led the increase in Weber number

This article presents an approach to lithium-ion battery state of charge estimation based on the quadrature Kalman filter. Among the existing state of charge estimation approaches, the extended Kalman filter–based state of charge and unscented filter–based state of charge algorithms are influenced by the linearization or the solution of sigma points. The proposed quadrature Kalman filter–based state

The dynamics of spiral bevel gears have gained increasing importance due to concerns relating to noise and durability. This is because the mesh force acting on the gear teeth is amplified under dynamic conditions, potentially reducing the fatigue life of the gears. Furthermore, a sizable dynamic force can be transmitted to the housing, inducing structure-born gear whine. The elasticity of the bearings

Because of deterioration of strength, range of joint motion, and balance ability, most care-dependent older adults require assistance to move from a seated position to a standing position. Although many sit-to-stand assisting apparatuses consisting of a seat, power transmission mechanism, and sensors have been developed, most of movements depend several actuators as the power transmission mechanism

The governing equation of the bending problem of simply supported thin plate on Pasternak foundation is degraded into two coupled lower order differential equations using the intermediate variable, which are a Helmholtz equation and a Laplace equation. A new solution of two-dimensional Helmholtz operator is proposed as shown in Appendix 1. The R-function and basic solutions of two-dimensional Helmholtz

In this article, the observer-based preview tracking control problem is investigated for a class of discrete-time Lipschitz nonlinear systems. To convert the observer-based trajectory tracking problem into a regulation problem, the classical difference technique is used to construct an augmented error system containing tracking error signal and previewable reference knowledge. Then, a state feedback

Modern fighter aircraft have been designed to have high maneuverability in order to preoccupy strategic superiority in short-range air-to-air combat between fighter aircraft in warfare. Digital fly-by-wire flight control system design is aimed at providing good handling qualities for all mission task elements over the entire flight envelope. To provide both excellent gross acquisition and fine tracking

Micro-textured cutting tools were widely reported due to the improved cutting performance, for example, the reduction of cutting forces. However, the cutting performance is significantly dependent on the parameters of the micro-textures. In this work, some polycrystalline cubic boron nitride tools with designed circular micro-textures were designed and manufactured by laser processing technology, and

The NanShan Radio Telescope is a 26-m fully steerable radio telescope, and it adopts a 6-UPU Stewart platform with electric motors to adjust and align the position of the subreflector. In order to analyze the actual dynamic performance and control the Stewart platform of the NanShan Radio Telescope, this article models the inverse dynamic of the Stewart platform using the virtual work approach. The

Head sheaves are critical components in a mine hoisting system. It is inconvenient for workers to climb up to the high platform for overhaul and maintenance, and there is an urgent need for condition monitoring and fault diagnosis of head sheaves. In this article, Fault Tree Analysis is employed to investigate the faults of head sheaves, and headframe inclination, bearing faults, and head sheave swing

A computational fluid dynamics model of the marine diesel engine was established and validated, and the simulation studies were carried out using this model. Different gravity conditions were set in the computational fluid dynamics model to investigate their effect on marine diesel emissions and performance. By comparing the simulation results under different basic grid sizes, 1.2 mm was selected as

This article is concerned with the study of free convective unsteady magnetohydrodynamic flow of the incompressible Oldroyd-B fluid along with chemical reaction. The fluid flows on a vertical plate that is impulsively brought in motion in the presence of a constant magnetic field which is applied transversely on the fluid. The structure has been modeled in the form of governing differential equations

In comparison with constant torque brakes, constant deceleration brakes are more advantageous for the safety of mining hoists, but complete set of such products manufactured by big companies are not what ordinary mining enterprises can afford. As an alternative solution, this article develops a constant deceleration compensation device, which adds the function of constant deceleration brake onto the

This article studies the flow induced by cilia for a compressible Jeffrey fluid. The investigation is carried out for electrically conducting magnetohydrodynamic fluid in a space of porous media. The fluid flows inside a two-dimensional symmetric channel. The flow is demonstrated considering small magnetic Reynolds number and velocity slip at the wall. Perturbation technique is used in finding the

Lube oils are the viscous petroleum products used in automobiles to reduce the friction. The eventual fate of lube oil is either incineration or dumping off into ground, but these resources cannot be disposed off easily due to their libellous effects on environment. This article aims to study the regeneration of deteriorated oil and impact of regenerated oil on engine performance and engine emissions

Uneven load sharing of a planetary gear set is the main cause of preventing the miniaturization and weight reduction of a planetary gearbox. Non-torque loads and carrier pinhole position errors are the main factors that worsen the load-sharing characteristics. However, their effects are seldom analyzed at a system level especially for an off-road vehicle. To make up this gap, some simulation models

As a kind of promising noncontact bearings, ultrasonic bearings actuated by smart materials such as lead zirconate titanate ceramics show a good application prospect in high-speed machines and precision-measuring devices. The suspending force is one of the most important parameters that play a dominated role on the bearing’s static and dynamic performance. A suspending force model based on acoustic

To analyze the fractal form of the vascular network in the human circulatory system, the optimal transport effect has been achieved from the point of view of biological evolution. The blood flow mathematical models based on the fractal theory for capillary network and arteriole–capillary vascular fractal network were established using theory derivation, and the blood flow characteristics, dynamic flow

Rail grinding profile prediction in different grinding patterns is important to improve the grinding quality for the rail grinding operation site. However, because of high-dimensional and strong nonlinearity between grinding amount and grinding parameters, the prediction error and computational cost is relatively high. As a result, the accuracy and efficiency of conventional methods cannot be guaranteed

In the conveying process of a solid–liquid two-phase medium, the wear of the flow passage components is unavoidable. In this study, the solid–liquid two-phase flow in a centrifugal pump was numerically simulated by computational fluid dynamics–discrete element method coupling. For particle diameters up to 3 mm, the particle–particle and particle–wall interactions were considered in the simulation.

The actual power capacity of permanent magnet synchronous machine for electric vehicles is usually limited by rotor temperature, and rotor overheating is one of the major reasons for permanent magnet synchronous machine failure. Therefore, an approach of rotor temperature estimation is proposed to improve motor peak power utilization and protect permanent magnet synchronous machine from serious demagnetization

This paper established a lateral stiffness coupling model to investigate the lateral characteristics of air spring system under crosswind conditions. The nonlinear super-elastic characteristics, coupling characteristics of the air spring, lateral stiffness characteristics of emergency spring, and damping force are studied. The accuracy of the lateral stiffness model is validated by comparing with experimental

In view of the lack of reliability research with correlated failure modes of the hoist disk shoes, the stochastic finite element method was used to analyze the reliability of multi-failure mode under emergency braking condition of disk shoe for deep well hoist. First, the finite element model of friction pair of brake disk and brake shoe was established based on the theory of heat conduction, the stress

Simulated moving bed chromatography process, which is a multicolumn chromatography process, has been used in various industrial applications. Dynamic axial compression columns are key elements in simulated moving beds, and their flow characteristics are worth exploring using state-of-the-art numerical methodologies. In this study, new fluid distributors for the dynamic axial compression column were

The connection characteristics of HSK tool holder-spindle system have great influences on machining precision and security of computer numerical control machine tools. In order to predict dynamic behaviors and avoid connection failure of HSK tool holder-spindle system, a nominal radial stiffness prediction model for HSK tool holder-spindle flange interface is constructed. Contact stress of spindle

In order to study the influence of tooth surface friction on the non-linear bifurcation characteristics of multi-clearance gear drive system, a 6 degree-of-freedom bending torsional coupled vibration model was established. The time-varying mesh stiffness, backlash, support clearance and damping were considered comprehensively in this non-linear vibration model. Loaded tooth contact analysis was used

This article is about an architectural hardware-software model creation—home-based smart health model—to boost healthcare to a higher position within society. As an emerging field, smart health modeling is still insufficient. Current smart health services are hospital centered, data are scattered and application dependent, and health service provision presents attention delays. Analyses of Internet

Since the oil crisis of the last century, drag reduction for vehicles has become the focus of researchers. Currently the world’s major car brands have to seize the sport utility vehicle market. However, the sport utility vehicle models usually have a larger frontal area which brings challenges to drag reduction. This requires a better understanding of flow around sport utility vehicle models. The Motor

In the field of curves and surfaces fairing, arbitrary resolution wavelet fairing algorithm made wavelet fairing technology widely extended to general curves and surfaces, which are determined by any number of control vertices. Unfortunately, accurate wavelet construction algorithm for general curves and surfaces still has not been perfect now. In this article, a concrete algorithm for reconstruction

At the request of SAGE Publishing and the authors, the following article has been retracted:

The present work explores the behavior of three-dimensional incompressible viscous fluid flow and heat transfer over the surface of a non-flat stretchable rotating disk. A variable thickness fluid is subjected under the influence of an external variable magnetic field and heat transfer. Navier–Stokes equation is coupled with Maxwell equations to examine the hydrothermal properties of fluid. The basic

Typically, the motion of the output link of the mode clamping mechanism has reciprocating linear motion, but the motion of the input link can be reciprocating rocking motion or reciprocating linear motion. In addition, the mold clamping mechanism must have a dead-position configuration for the mold at the closed position. This article focuses on the kinematic design of a mold clamping mechanism having

Structural systems often exhibit time-varying dynamic characteristics during their service life due to serve hazards and environmental erosion, so the identification of time-varying structural systems is an important research topic. Among the previous methodologies, wavelet multiresolution analysis for time-varying structural systems has gained increasing attention in the past decades. However, most

Manufacturing of large steel tube structures is faced with excessive welding, fit-up and rework times in tube joints, due to various types of deviation from nominal shape of the tubes. This article presents a procedure and geometry calculus for generating cutting and welding paths based on measured geometries. The procedure poses the two measured meshes as per construction specification and invokes

The established linear fatigue life prediction model based on the Miner rule has been widely applied to fatigue life prediction under constant amplitude uniaxial and multiaxial loading. Considering the physical significance of crack formation and propagation, a multiaxial equivalent linear fatigue life prediction model is put forward based on Miner rule and critical plane method under constant amplitude

During the rotary machine operation process, seemingly small amounts of abnormal vibration can often cause serious damage to the machinery over time and even increase the risk of accidents. Although professional vibration engineers can determine the current health status of a machine by interpreting the vibration spectrum information and predicting which components will fail, if even ordinary operators