... improvements in vehicle efficiency ( 2 ). air pollution damping optimisation petroleum power electronics power transmission (mechanical) springs (mechanical) vehicles 15 12 2009 10 08 2010 24 03 2011 24 03 2011 2011 American Society of Mechanical Engineers ...

... springs (mechanical) Precise point-to-point control is of interest in a variety of applications, including scanning probe microscopes, hard disk drives, gantry cranes, flexible arm robots, etc. All of these systems are characterized by underdamped modes, which are excited by the actuators. Precise...

... combustion elasticity electric vehicles engines feedback motion control position control springs (mechanical) To achieve future CO 2 reduction targets for road transport, a dual approach is needed for advanced vehicle powertrains. Option-1 is to switch entirely away from fossil...

... 12 08 2009 02 02 2010 02 02 2010 control system synthesis feedback feedforward robust control springs (mechanical) vibration control Most manufacturing machines must execute motions as quickly as possible to achieve profitable high-volume production. Most devices have...

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.... Applications to nonlinear systems are discussed. Examples illustrate the process of energy removal in both linear and nonlinear systems. 18 12 2007 19 06 2008 09 02 2009 elasticity linear systems nonlinear dynamical systems springs (mechanical) Energy dissipation...

... linearisation techniques springs (mechanical) state-space methods vehicles The concept of assisting the driver in the task of vehicle longitudinal control has been a key research point in the past decade. The stop-and-go (SG) cruise control system offers the driver longitudinal support at low speeds...

... with complaints on health problems. damping friction orifices (mechanical) pneumatic systems seats springs (mechanical) suspensions (mechanical components) thermodynamics vehicles vibration isolation 23 08 2005 26 03 2007 09 04 2008 2008 American Society of Mechanical...

... using a Banner LT3 long-range sensor and a Siemens 732-2 machine vision system, respectively. 13 10 2005 13 06 2007 bridges (structures) cranes PD control springs (mechanical) vibration control The use of input shaping to eliminate residual vibration has been well...

... optimal control automotive engineering impact (mechanical) control system synthesis open loop systems springs (mechanical) feedback impact isolation optimal control automobile crashworthiness The seat belt is widely regarded to be the most important piece of safety equipment...

... actuators linear programming springs (mechanical) piezoelectric actuators hysteresis modeling identification linear programming inverse control Piezoelectric actuators (PEAs) are electrically controllable positioning elements which can generate displacements with a resolution...

... springs (mechanical) couplings flexible manipulators robust control flexible-link robot arm friction compensation serial gray box singular perturbation distributed mass-spring model Friction exists in all mechanical systems with complicated and time-varying characteristics and its...

... a criterion to locate the sensors and actuators of a structural system. 12 01 2004 14 12 2004 springs (mechanical) sampling methods damping digital control large-scale systems control system synthesis Mass-Dashpot-Spring System Minimum Phase Property Sampled System Modal...

... dynamics mechatronics motion control actuators energy storage springs (mechanical) Mechatronic systems are composed of sensors, signal processing controllers, and actuators in order to control the motion of a system. Active acoustic and vibration control, vehicle dynamic control, and motion...