Actuators, Volume 13, Issue 11

This study investigated the effectiveness of a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma actuator operating in burst-in-burst (BIB) mode for flow separation control on a NACA 0015 airfoil. Time-resolved particle image velocimetry measurements were co...

The drag-free satellite plays an important role in the space-based gravitational wave observatory. The capture control of test mass after release is a crucial technology that can affect the success of the mission. The test mass must be released to th...

In the macro–micro composite motion process, the macro stage achieves rapid motion in a large workspace, while the micro stage realizes precise positioning within a small displacement. The large-stroke and high-speed motion of the macro stage i...

The design of the gear quantity and transmission parameters of a vehicle has large effects on its economical and power performance. This paper mainly researches the gear conditions (including the gear quantity and each gear’s transmission param...

To address the multi-peak characteristics of the P-U output characteristic curve when the photovoltaic array is partially shaded, a Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) method combining Harris Hawk optimization, and a variable step conductance increme...

This paper presents an improved method for the non-inertial dynamic analysis of the 3-SPS/U parallel platform (3-SPS/U PM), employing the screw theory and Kane’s method, where S, P, and U denote spherical, prismatic, and universal joints, respe...

With the development of mechanical systems in the industrial era, there is an increasing emphasis on the safety and reliability of mechanical equipment. The theory of artificial self-recovery technology has emerged, aiming to enable mechanical equipm...

Lower limb exoskeletons have been developed to improve functionality and assist with daily activities in various environments. Although these systems utilize sensors for gait phase detection, they lack anticipatory information about environmental cha...

The past three decades have witnessed extensive studies on motion-planning and tracking-control for autonomous vehicles (AVs). There is, however, a lack of studies on effective design methods for AVs, which consist of the subsystems of the mechanical...