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Modeling and Compensation of Positioning Error in Micromanipulation

  • Miao Hao,
  • Bin Yang,
  • Changhai Ru,
  • Chunfeng Yue and ,
  • Zongjie Huang,
  • Rongan Zhai,
  • Yu Sun,
  • Yong Wang and
  • Changsheng Dai
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

30 March 2023

In order to improve the positioning accuracy of the micromanipulation system, a comprehensive error model is first established to take into account the microscope nonlinear imaging distortion, camera installation error, and the mechanical displacemen...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Frontiers in Ultra-Precision Machining, Volume II)
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  • Open Access
132 Citations
12,588 Views
16 Pages

A Review of Thermal Error Modeling Methods for Machine Tools

  • Yang Li,
  • Maolin Yu,
  • Yinming Bai,
  • Zhaoyang Hou and
  • Wenwu Wu

4 June 2021

Thermal error caused by thermal deformation is one of the most significant factors influencing the accuracy of the machine tool. Compensation is a practical and efficient method to reduce the thermal error. Among all the thermal error compensation pr...

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  • Open Access
944 Views
19 Pages

11 July 2025

Laser sintering (LS) technology is one of the most widely commercialized additive manufacturing technologies. However, the popularization of LS technology in civilian applications has long been constrained by accuracy-related issues. Polyamide (PA),...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Wood and Wood-Based Composites: New Frontiers in Modification, Performance, and Sustainability)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,903 Views
23 Pages

Error Separation Method for Geometric Distribution Error Modeling of Precision Machining Surfaces Based on K-Space Spectrum

  • Zhichao Sheng,
  • Jian Xiong,
  • Zhijing Zhang,
  • Taiyu Su and ,
  • Min Zhang,
  • Qimuge Saren and
  • Xiao Chen
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

18 December 2024

The geometric error distributed on components’ contact surfaces is a critical factor affecting assembly accuracy and precision instrument stability. Effective error separation methods can improve model accuracy, thereby aiding in performance pr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Applications of Manufacturing and Measurement Sensors: 2nd Edition)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
6,936 Views
15 Pages

Error Modeling and Calibration for Encoded Sun Sensors

  • Qiaoyun Fan,
  • Guangjun Zhang,
  • Jian Li,
  • Xinguo Wei and
  • Xiaoyang Li

7 March 2013

Error factors in the encoded sun sensor (ESS) are analyzed and simulated. Based on the analysis results, an ESS error compensation model containing structural errors and fine-code algorithm errors is established, and the corresponding calibration met...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
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  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,343 Views
22 Pages

15 February 2021

In order to investigate the thermal effect of a servo axis’ positioning error on the accuracy of machine tools, an empirical modeling method was proposed, which considers both the geometric and thermal positioning error. Through the analysis of the c...

(This article belongs to the Section E: Engineering and Technology)
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  • Open Access
373 Views
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Modeling and Experimental Analysis of the Transmission Error in Top-Hat Harmonic Drive Considering Manufacturing and Assembly Errors

  • Hepeng Ni,
  • Mengchen Du,
  • Yuhui Hou,
  • Zhiqiang Liu and ,
  • Luwei Liu,
  • Chuanying Wang and
  • Ying Zhang
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

4 September 2026

Top-hat-type harmonic drives are widely used in industrial robots and high-end equipment due to their large hollow structure, high load capacity, and high precision. However, unlike cup-type harmonic drives, the transmission error characteristics of...

(This article belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)
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  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,598 Views
16 Pages

21 January 2023

Regardless of whether the global navigation satellite system (GNSS)/inertial navigation system (INS) is integrated or the INS operates independently during GNSS outages, the stochastic error of the inertial sensor has an important impact on the navig...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Vehicular Sensing for Improved Urban Mobility)
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  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,505 Views
13 Pages

Improving Angular Accuracy of a Scanning Mirror Based on Error Modeling and Correction

  • Yue Fan,
  • Wenli Ma,
  • Ping Jiang,
  • Jinlong Huang and ,
  • Kewei Chen and
  • Nian Pan
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

17 January 2019

Scanning mirrors appear to be key components in optoelectronic systems for line-of-sight (LOS) stabilization. For improving the angular accuracy of a scanning mirror based on the eddy current displacement sensor measurement, an angular error-correcti...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sensors for Precision Dimensional Metrology)
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  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,162 Views
13 Pages

Based on the grey prediction model GM(1,1), a novel fractional-order grey prediction model is proposed and its modeling error is systematically studied. In this paper, exponential data sequences are generated for numerical simulation. Via the numeric...

(This article belongs to the Section Information Processes)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,382 Views
18 Pages

Error Modeling of Fiber Optic Gyroscope Universal Time Measurement

  • Zishuai Wang,
  • Yingmin Yi,
  • Chunyi Su,
  • Jinsheng Zhang and ,
  • Yiwei Yuan and
  • Yuchen Zhao
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

24 December 2024

Since the fiber optic gyroscope (FOG) is rigidly strapped down to the earth’s crust, there are various errors that affect the universal time (UT1) measurements. In this paper, the errors caused by various physical factors and mechanisms are ana...

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  • Open Access
922 Views
25 Pages

This paper presents a unified dynamic-modeling and error-analysis framework for an FTR (force-to-rebalanced)-operated MEMS ring gyroscope. Starting from an equivalent mass-point representation of the ring resonator, a dynamic model including stiffnes...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,426 Views
23 Pages

Machine Tool Spindle Temperature Field Parametric Modeling and Thermal Error Compensation

  • Geng Chen,
  • Lin Yuan,
  • Hui Chen,
  • Chengliang Dou and ,
  • Guangyong Ma,
  • Shuai Li and
  • Lai Hu
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

16 December 2025

The development of modern machining and manufacturing industry puts forward higher requirements for the machining accuracy of machine tools. The thermal error of the machine tool spindle directly affects the accuracy of the machined workpiece. To imp...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue High Performance Machining and Surface Tribology)
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  • Open Access
43 Citations
8,615 Views
16 Pages

A Review of Machine Learning-Based Thermal Error Modeling Methods for CNC Machine Tools

  • Sen Mu,
  • Chunping Yu,
  • Kunlong Lin,
  • Caijiang Lu and ,
  • Xi Wang,
  • Tao Wang and
  • Guoqiang Fu
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

17 February 2025

Heat source-induced thermal error is a primary element influencing the precision of CNC machine tools. A practical and economical approach to mitigating thermal errors is through thermal error compensation. To provide a comprehensive understanding of...

(This article belongs to the Section Machines Testing and Maintenance)
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  • Open Access
570 Views
20 Pages

10 June 2026

Kinematic modeling and parameter identification are essential for achieving high-precision robot calibration. A widely used strategy involves utilizing the end-effector position error for parameter identification. However, the strong coupling between...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Machining Accuracy Enhancement of Machine Tools)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,866 Views
13 Pages

Dynamic Measurement Error Modeling and Analysis in a Photoelectric Scanning Measurement Network

  • Shendong Shi,
  • Linghui Yang,
  • Jiarui Lin,
  • Changyu Long and ,
  • Rui Deng,
  • Zhenyu Zhang and
  • Jigui Zhu
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

25 December 2018

A photoelectric scanning measurement network is a kind of distributed measurement system based on the principle of angle intersection, in which transmitters and photoelectric receivers are the main parts. The scanning lasers in transmitters emit sign...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Precision Dimensional Measurements)
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  • Open Access
474 Views
17 Pages

Modeling and Analysis Method for Error Motion of Precision Aerostatic Rotary Stage and Experimental Verification

  • Xiaofeng Zheng,
  • Xiangyu Zhao,
  • Deqiang Mu,
  • Tianhao Zheng and ,
  • Daowei Zhang,
  • Lei Zhang,
  • Cheng Li and
  • Tianyang Dong
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

10 July 2026

The rotational error motion of precision aerostatic rotary stages substantially affects the accuracy of machining and measuring equipment. A comprehensive and flexible error modeling method is absent. This paper develops an analytical model for the e...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
6,295 Views
15 Pages

21 August 2022

The position accuracy of the bottom dead centre (BDC) of a slider is a crucial performance index to measure the quality of a multi-link mechanical press. At present, the research on improving the position accuracy of the BDC mainly focuses on error c...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Processes and Technologies in Precision and Ultra-Precision Machining)
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  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,920 Views
18 Pages

Study on the Modeling and Compensation Method of Pose Error Analysis for the Fracture Reduction Robot

  • Minghe Liu,
  • Jian Li,
  • Hao Sun,
  • Xin Guo and ,
  • Bokai Xuan,
  • Lifang Ma,
  • Yuexuan Xu,
  • Tianyi Ma,
  • Qingsong Ding and
  • Baichuan An
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

27 July 2022

Background: In the process of fracture reduction, there are some errors between the actual trajectory and the ideal trajectory due to mechanism errors, which would affect the smooth operation of fracture reduction. To this end, based on self-develope...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advance in Medical and Rehabilitation Robots)
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  • Open Access
193 Citations
21,392 Views
40 Pages

A Comparison between Different Error Modeling of MEMS Applied to GPS/INS Integrated Systems

  • Alex G. Quinchia,
  • Gianluca Falco,
  • Emanuela Falletti,
  • Fabio Dovis and
  • Carles Ferrer

24 July 2013

Advances in the development of micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) have made possible the fabrication of cheap and small dimension accelerometers and gyroscopes, which are being used in many applications where the global positioning system (GPS) a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Modeling, Testing and Reliability Issues in MEMS Engineering 2013)
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  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,285 Views
7 Pages

Macro Modeling of V-Shaped Electro-Thermal MEMS Actuator with Human Error Factor

  • Dongpeng Zhang,
  • Anjiang Cai,
  • Yulong Zhao and
  • Tengjiang Hu

The V-shaped electro-thermal MEMS actuator model, with the human error factor taken into account, is presented in this paper through the cascading ANSYS simulation model and the Fuzzy mathematics calculation model. The Fuzzy mathematics calculation m...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue MEMS/NEMS Sensors and Actuators)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,924 Views
17 Pages

16 April 2024

In the present study, we consider continuous-time modeling of dynamics using observed data and formulate the modeling error caused by the discretization method used in the process. In the formulation, a class of linearized dynamics called Dahlquist&r...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Computational Science and Its Applications)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,691 Views
23 Pages

18 September 2024

This study presents a comprehensive geometric modeling and error propagation analysis for a 3-degrees-of-freedom spindle head, focusing on an over-constrained parallel mechanism. Four geometric error models are established for the over-constrained sp...

(This article belongs to the Section Machine Design and Theory)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,097 Views
38 Pages

29 December 2024

For general insurance pricing, aligning losses with accurate premiums is crucial for insurance companies’ competitiveness. Traditional actuarial models often face challenges like data heterogeneity and mismeasured covariates, leading to misspec...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Novel Applications of Machine Learning and Bayesian Optimization)
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  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,257 Views
14 Pages

28 April 2022

Valid multipath error model is the prerequisite for high-performance GNSS integrity monitoring. It is indispensable to civil aviation and other Safety-of-Life (SoL) users. The model must perfectly bound multipath error while preventing the constructe...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,558 Views
16 Pages

30 October 2024

The error in modulus backcalculation is a crucial component in validating the rationality and reliability of results for engineering applications. The objective of this study is to identify the theoretical limitations associated with backcalculated m...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovation in Pavement Materials: 2nd Edition)
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  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,124 Views
23 Pages

Investigation on Modeling and Formation Mechanism of Dynamic Rotational Error for Spindle-Rolling Bearing System

  • Gaofeng Hu,
  • Ye Chen,
  • Liangyu Cui,
  • Gang Jin and ,
  • Tingjian Wang,
  • Houjun Qi and
  • Yanling Tian
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

20 August 2020

In the field of precision machining, the spindle-rolling bearing (SRB) system is widely used on the machine tool as one of the most fundamental and important components. The rotational error motions of the SRB system have significant effects on the m...

(This article belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)
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  • Open Access
11 Citations
6,417 Views
21 Pages

30 September 2023

The positional accuracy and orientation accuracy of industrial robots are crucial technical indicators for determining their applicability in industrial scenarios. However, the majority of current calibration methods for industrial robots only consid...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,028 Views
17 Pages

The accurate prediction of hazardous gas dispersion process is essential to air quality monitoring and the emergency management of contaminant gas leakage incidents in a chemical cluster. Conventional Gaussian-based dispersion models can seldom give...

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  • Open Access
15 Citations
6,055 Views
20 Pages

29 September 2017

By combining a parallel mechanism with integrated flexible joints, a large measurement range and high accuracy sensor is realized. However, the main errors of the sensor involve not only assembly errors, but also deformation errors of its flexible le...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Flexible Electronics and Sensors)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
921 Views
24 Pages

Hybrid-Mechanism Deep Learning Modeling for Machine Tool Thermal Error: Robust Prediction via Few-Sample Learning

  • Hongru Chen,
  • Yubin Huang,
  • Chaochao Qiu,
  • Xueyan Ning and ,
  • Pingjiang Wang and
  • Ke Yang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

6 April 2026

To address spindle thermal error in precision machining, this study proposes a hybrid modeling method. It combines a physical model for linear deformation with a GAT-LSTM network. Experiments show the hybrid model achieved RMSE/MAE of 4.6/4.0 µ...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Artificial Intelligence for Diagnosis, Detection, Monitoring and Maintenance)
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  • Open Access
874 Views
19 Pages

24 November 2025

This paper proposes a geometrically intuitive error modeling method for planar parallel mechanisms (PPMs) based on conformal geometric algebra (CGA). First, the end point of each limb is determined through rotational transformations in geometric alge...

(This article belongs to the Section Machine Design and Theory)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,911 Views
15 Pages

15 September 2024

Large components are crucial in modern industrial applications, especially for internal gap monitoring and specific assembly methods. This paper examines the assembly of hydroelectric generator rotors and stators, introducing a spatial relative posit...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Dalian University of Technology Celebrating 75th Anniversary)
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  • Open Access
710 Views
29 Pages

27 February 2026

Rotor machining errors strongly influence the air-film pressure distribution of aerostatic spindles and fundamentally limit performance enhancement. However, existing studies rarely provide a comprehensive statistical characterization based on measur...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,507 Views
22 Pages

7 January 2026

Ray tracing (RT) has become an important method for train-to-ground (T2G) wireless channel modeling due to its physical interpretability. In rail transit scenarios, RT suffers from modeling errors that arise due to environmental reconstruction and un...

(This article belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
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  • Open Access
33 Citations
5,633 Views
23 Pages

28 September 2021

Airborne electromagnetic surveys may consist of hundreds of thousands of soundings. In most cases, this makes 3D inversions unfeasible even when the subsurface is characterized by a high level of heterogeneity. Instead, approaches based on 1D forward...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Airborne Electromagnetic Surveys)
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  • Open Access
34 Citations
5,484 Views
18 Pages

6 July 2020

The performance of camera-based polarization sensors largely depends on the estimated model parameters obtained through calibration. Limited by manufacturing processes, the low extinction ratio and inconsistency of the polarizer can reduce the measur...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
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  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,544 Views
16 Pages

6 July 2022

The modeling and compensation method is a common method for reducing the influence of thermal error on the accuracy of machine tools. The prediction accuracy and robustness of the thermal error model are two key performance measures for evaluating th...

(This article belongs to the Topic Manufacturing Metrology)
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  • Open Access
25 Citations
6,389 Views
12 Pages

Using Satellite Error Modeling to Improve GPM-Level 3 Rainfall Estimates over the Central Amazon Region

  • Rômulo Oliveira,
  • Viviana Maggioni,
  • Daniel Vila and
  • Leonardo Porcacchia

23 February 2018

This study aims to assess the characteristics and uncertainty of Integrated Multisatellite Retrievals for Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) (IMERG) Level 3 rainfall estimates and to improve those estimates using an error model over the central A...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Remote Sensing Precipitation Measurement, Validation, and Applications)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,846 Views
22 Pages

26 May 2023

Fires in buildings are significant public safety hazards and can result in fatalities and substantial financial losses. Studies have shown that the socioeconomic makeup of a region can impact the occurrence of building fires. However, existing models...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Statistical Methods and Applications)
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11 Citations
3,925 Views
18 Pages

Parameterized Modeling and Calibration for Orbital Error in TanDEM-X Bistatic SAR Interferometry over Complex Terrain Areas

  • Huiqiang Wang,
  • Yushan Zhou,
  • Haiqiang Fu,
  • Jianjun Zhu and ,
  • Yanan Yu,
  • Ruiping Li,
  • Shengwei Zhang,
  • Zhongyi Qu and
  • Shouzhong Hu
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

17 December 2021

The TerraSAR-X add-on for Digital Elevation Measurements (TanDEM-X) bistatic system provides high-resolution and high-quality interferometric data for global topographic measurement. Since the twin TanDEM-X satellites fly in a close helix formation,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue InSAR for Earthquake Deformation Observation)
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  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,352 Views
22 Pages

24 June 2019

Conservative sensor error modeling is of great significance in the field of safety-of-life. At present, the overbound method has been widely used in areas such as satellite-based augmentation systems (SBASs) and ground-based augmentation systems (GBA...

(This article belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)
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  • Open Access
42 Citations
3,899 Views
16 Pages

Research on Thermal Error Modeling of Motorized Spindle Based on BP Neural Network Optimized by Beetle Antennae Search Algorithm

  • Zhaolong Li,
  • Bo Zhu,
  • Ye Dai,
  • Wenming Zhu and ,
  • Qinghai Wang and
  • Baodong Wang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

12 November 2021

High-speed motorized spindle heating will produce thermal error, which is an important factor affecting the machining accuracy of machine tools. The thermal error model of high-speed motorized spindles can compensate for thermal error and improve mac...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Optimal Design of a High-Speed Motor)
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,017 Views
17 Pages

Thermal Error Transfer Prediction Modeling of Machine Tool Spindle with Self-Attention Mechanism-Based Feature Fusion

  • Yue Zheng,
  • Guoqiang Fu,
  • Sen Mu,
  • Caijiang Lu and ,
  • Xi Wang and
  • Tao Wang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

15 October 2024

Thermal errors affect machining accuracy in high-speed precision machining. The variability of machine tool operating conditions poses a challenge to the modeling of thermal errors. In this paper, a thermal error model based on transfer temperature f...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Error Measurement, Analysis, and Compensation Technology for CNC Machine Tools)
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  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,755 Views
18 Pages

19 May 2023

Establishing a mathematical model to predict and compensate for the thermal error of CNC machine tools is a commonly used approach. Most existing methods, especially those based on deep learning algorithms, have complicated models that need huge amou...

(This article belongs to the Topic Recent Advances in the Thermal Error of Precision Machine Tools)
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  • Open Access
35 Citations
4,955 Views
33 Pages

Evaluation of Multi-Satellite Precipitation Datasets and Their Error Propagation in Hydrological Modeling in a Monsoon-Prone Region

  • Jie Chen,
  • Ziyi Li,
  • Lu Li,
  • Jialing Wang and ,
  • Wenyan Qi,
  • Chong-Yu Xu and
  • Jong-Suk Kim
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

30 October 2020

This study comprehensively evaluates eight satellite-based precipitation datasets in streamflow simulations on a monsoon-climate watershed in China. Two mutually independent datasets—one dense-gauge and one gauge-interpolated dataset—are...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Remote Sensing of Hydro-Meteorology)
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  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,972 Views
24 Pages

Assembly Error Modeling and Tolerance Dynamic Allocation of Large-Scale Space Deployable Mechanism toward Service Performance

  • Xinyu Liu,
  • Lianyu Zheng,
  • Yiwei Wang,
  • Weiwei Yang and ,
  • Binbin Wang and
  • Bo Liu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

16 April 2023

As a satellite’s critical load-bearing structure, the large-scale space deployable mechanism (LSDM) is currently assembled using ground precision constraints, which ignores the difference between the ground and space environments. This has resu...

(This article belongs to the Section Aerospace Science and Engineering)
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  • Open Access
315 Views
21 Pages

18 September 2026

The standardized eyebox measurement method for AR devices specified in IEC 63145-20-10:2019 is associated with a large traversal range, lengthy measurement time, high operational complexity, and limited accuracy in exit pupil distance positioning. To...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Research on Optical Sensing and Precision Measurement)
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  • Open Access
703 Views
22 Pages

31 January 2026

To address the limitations of traditional analytical modeling in capturing complex surface topographies, this paper presents comprehensive research on the error sensitivity mechanism, loaded tooth contact analysis (LTCA), and load-bearing contact cha...

(This article belongs to the Section E2: Control Theory and Mechanics)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,753 Views
17 Pages

Coupled Nonlinear Dynamic Modeling and Experimental Investigation of Gear Transmission Error for Enhanced Fault Diagnosis in Single-Stage Spur Gear Systems

  • Vhahangwele Colleen Sigonde,
  • Desejo Filipeson Sozinando,
  • Bernard Xavier Tchomeni and
  • Alfayo Anyika Alugongo

4 September 2025

Gear transmission error (GTE) is a critical factor influencing the performance and service life of gear systems, as it directly contributes to vibration, noise generation, and premature wear. The present study introduces a combined theoretical and ex...

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