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  • Open Access
61 Citations
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MGD Dirac Stars

  • Roldão da Rocha

1 April 2020

The method of geometric deformation (MGD) is here employed to study compact stellar configurations, which are solutions of the effective Einstein–Dirac coupled field equations on fluid branes. Non-linear, self-interacting, fermionic fields are...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,640 Views
13 Pages

2+1 Einstein–Klein–Gordon Black Holes by Gravitational Decoupling

  • Pio J. Arias,
  • Pedro Bargueño,
  • Ernesto Contreras and
  • Ernesto Fuenmayor

24 February 2022

In this work we study the 2+1-Einstein–Klein–Gordon system in the framework of Gravitational Decoupling. We associate the generic matter decoupling sector with a real scalar field so we can obtain a constraint which allows us to close the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,783 Views
20 Pages

On Possible Minimal Length Deformation of Metric Tensor, Levi-Civita Connection, and the Riemann Curvature Tensor

  • Fady Tarek Farouk,
  • Abdel Nasser Tawfik,
  • Fawzy Salah Tarabia and
  • Muhammad Maher

9 October 2023

The minimal length conjecture is merged with a generalized quantum uncertainty formula, where we identify the minimal uncertainty in a particle’s position as the minimal measurable length scale. Thus, we obtain a quantum-induced deformation par...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,058 Views
20 Pages

Temperature-Dependent Deformation Mechanisms in Ti65 Alloy: An In Situ Tensile Study

  • Haitao Li,
  • Chenxu Li,
  • Dongmei Chen,
  • Yujing Liu,
  • Zibo Zhao,
  • Bohua Zhang,
  • Meng Qi,
  • Jianrong Liu and
  • Qingjiang Wang

11 July 2025

Understanding the relationship between deformation behavior and mechanisms at elevated temperatures is of great significance for applications of high-temperature titanium alloys. This study systematically investigates the plastic deformation behavior...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,729 Views
11 Pages

1 March 2021

In the present study, a three-dimensional finite element framework has been developed to model a full-scale multilaminate composite helicopter rotor blade. Tip deformation and stress behavior have been analyzed for external aerodynamic loading condit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,401 Views
18 Pages

Optimizing Local Alignment along the Seamline for Parallax-Tolerant Orthoimage Mosaicking

  • Hongche Yin,
  • Yunmeng Li,
  • Junfeng Shi,
  • Jiaqin Jiang,
  • Li Li and
  • Jian Yao

7 July 2022

Orthoimage mosaicking with obvious parallax caused by geometric misalignment is a challenging problem in the field of remote sensing. Because the obvious objects are not included in the digital terrain model (DTM), large parallax exists in these obje...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
2,835 Views
23 Pages

A Comparison of the Geometrical Accuracy of Thin-Walled Elements Made of Different Aluminum Alloys

  • Magdalena Zawada-Michałowska,
  • Paweł Pieśko,
  • Jerzy Józwik,
  • Stanisław Legutko and
  • Leon Kukiełka

27 November 2021

In modern constructions, especially aircraft, the aim is to minimize the weight of the components used. This necessitates the use of innovative construction materials, or the production of these parts with ever-decreasing wall thicknesses. To simplif...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,496 Views
18 Pages

22 April 2023

Electromagnetic forming (EMF) is a kind of high-speed forming technology that can be useful for materials like aluminum. EMF helps to overcome the limitations of traditional forming. Due to this ability, the use of EMF in automotive applications has...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,615 Views
18 Pages

20 March 2020

This paper proposes a robust feature-based mosaicking method that can handle images obtained by lightweight unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The imaging geometry of small UAVs can be characterized by unstable flight attitudes and low flight altitudes...

  • Article
  • Open Access
824 Views
17 Pages

11 April 2025

Localized diaphragm (transversal plate) deformation and buckling were identified at the arc notch region during structural inspections of an operational steel bridge. To evaluate the potential structural consequences, alterations in the fatigue perfo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,056 Views
18 Pages

6 December 2020

Part warpage and residual stress are two of the main challenges for metal additive manufacturing (AM) as they result in lower geometric precision and poor mechanical properties of the products. This work investigates the effect of the building strate...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,111 Views
21 Pages

A Method for Simulating the Positioning Errors of a Robot Gripper

  • Vasyl Dmytriv,
  • Ihor Dmytriv,
  • Ivan Horodetskyy,
  • Taras Hutsol,
  • Savelii Kukharets,
  • Jonas Cesna,
  • Rolandas Bleizgys,
  • Marta Pietruszynska,
  • Stanislaw Parafiniuk and
  • Iryna Horetska
  • + 1 author

15 July 2024

The research is aimed at creating a methodology for increasing the positioning accuracy of an industrial robot and minimizing the vibration of the robot gripper by applying machine learning based on the developed mathematical model for estimating the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,041 Views
21 Pages

Bending Performance of Diamond Lattice Cylindrical Shells

  • Sheng Li,
  • Laiyu Liang,
  • Ping Yang,
  • Shaoan Li and
  • Yaozhong Wu

9 January 2025

The Diamond lattice cylindrical shell (Diamond LCS) was proposed by a mapping approach based on the triply periodic minimal surfaces (TPMS). The finite element models were built and their accuracy was verified by experimental results. Parameter studi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,865 Views
13 Pages

24 March 2024

A buckling defect will appear on the outer surface of the deformed ring during the constrained ring rolling (CRR) of an aluminum alloy thin-wall conical ring with inner high ribs (AATWCRIHR) if the geometrical dimension of the ribs does not match the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,176 Views
17 Pages

The Laser Selective Sintering Controlled Forming of Flexible TPMS Structures

  • Chenhao Xue,
  • Nan Li,
  • Shenggui Chen,
  • Jiahua Liang and
  • Wurikaixi Aiyiti

8 December 2023

Sports equipment crafted from flexible mechanical metamaterials offers advantages due to its lightweight, comfort, and energy absorption, enhancing athletes’ well-being and optimizing their competitive performance. The utilization of metamateri...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,624 Views
21 Pages

13 October 2023

The lifting operation of offshore pipelines is an important step in ocean pipeline engineering. An effective analytical method is developed for investigating the mechanical properties of the pipeline based on mechanical, physical, and geometric relat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,249 Views
20 Pages

There is an increasing demand for large-sized hydrostatic rotary tables due to the industrial need for the precision machining of large workpieces for wind generation, aerospace, shipbuilding, and national defense applications. As a consequence, unde...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,567 Views
12 Pages

12 November 2021

A digital microfluidic modular interface (chip-to-chip interface) which possesses an electrode with an orifice to vertically transport core–shell droplets is presented. The electrodes were geometrically designed to promote droplet deformation and sus...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,059 Views
17 Pages

Resistance Analysis of a Plastic Container Obtained with Additive Manufacturing Using Finite Elements

  • Luis M. López-López,
  • Geovanny Maldonado,
  • Cesar Paltán-Zhingre,
  • Jimmy Brito,
  • Julio Loja-Quezada and
  • Marco Amaya-Pinos

Traditional manufacturing processes yield plastic containers in large batches, even for minimal production runs, resulting in elevated production costs. Three-dimensional printing has emerged as a viable alternative for very low production volumes, o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,139 Views
20 Pages

Ultrasonic-Assisted Granular Medium Forming of Aluminum Alloy 6063-T5: Simulations and Experiments

  • Han Hu,
  • Feng Yu,
  • Song Zhang,
  • Jing Yin,
  • Haiyan Zhang,
  • Jiaru Zhang,
  • Xiaonan Zhang,
  • Miaoyan Cao and
  • Shahzad Murtaza

24 July 2024

To address the challenges posed by the complex shapes of hollow parts, this study examined the ultrasonic-assisted granular medium hydroforming (UGMF) process for tubular components. The dynamics of the deformation behavior and deformation control du...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,504 Views
17 Pages

TC4 (DIN3.7164/5) alloy thin-walled parts are widely used in aviation and aerospace industries. However, due to their special structure, shape and poor machinability, large milling forces and milling deformation often occur in the milling process, wh...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,502 Views
22 Pages

SFDA-MEF: An Unsupervised Spacecraft Feature Deformable Alignment Network for Multi-Exposure Image Fusion

  • Qianwen Xiong,
  • Xiaoyuan Ren,
  • Huanyu Yin,
  • Libing Jiang,
  • Canyu Wang and
  • Zhuang Wang

8 January 2025

Optical image sequences of spacecraft acquired by space-based monocular cameras are typically imaged through exposure bracketing. The spacecraft feature deformable alignment network for multi-exposure image fusion (SFDA-MEF) aims to synthesize a High...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,663 Views
11 Pages

Lightweight design is gaining in importance throughout the engineering sector, and with it, workpieces are becoming increasingly complex. Particularly, thin-walled parts require highly accurate and efficient machining strategies. Such low-rigidity st...

  • Article
  • Open Access
45 Citations
2,532 Views
20 Pages

19 January 2022

In this paper, we consider isotropic solution and extend it to two different exact well-behaved spherical anisotropic solutions through minimal geometric deformation method in f(R,T,RρηTρη) gravity. We only deform the radial metric component that sep...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,520 Views
19 Pages

12 January 2024

A balance between model complexity, accuracy, and computational cost is a central concern in numerical simulations. In particular, for stochastic fiber networks, the non-affine deformation of fibers, related non-linear geometric features due to large...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,721 Views
21 Pages

Reconstruction and Parametric Recognition of Endodontic Files from CT Scans for Design Modification and FEM Analysis

  • José Luis Iserte-Vilar,
  • Victor Roda-Casanova,
  • Alvaro Zubizarreta-Macho and
  • Javier Andrés-Esperanza

21 September 2025

Endodontic rotary file geometries are often obtained using computed tomography (CT) scans, which produce 3D models comprising point clouds and triangulated surfaces. Despite being widely used, this approach has significant limitations; scanned geomet...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
943 Views
18 Pages

Optimization-Driven Reconstruction of 3D Space Curves from Two Views Using NURBS

  • Musrrat Ali,
  • Deepika Saini,
  • Sanoj Kumar and
  • Abdul Rahaman Wahab Sait

12 July 2025

In the realm of 3D curve reconstruction, Non-Uniform Rational B-Splines (NURBSs) offer a versatile mathematical tool due to their ability to precisely represent complex geometries. However, achieving high fitting accuracy in stereo-based applications...

  • Article
  • Open Access
63 Citations
12,463 Views
16 Pages

Mosaicking of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Imagery in the Absence of Camera Poses

  • Yuhua Xu,
  • Jianliang Ou,
  • Hu He,
  • Xiaohu Zhang and
  • Jon Mills

2 March 2016

The mosaicking of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) imagery usually requires information from additional sensors, such as Global Position System (GPS) and Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), to facilitate direct orientation, or 3D reconstruction approaches...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,596 Views
20 Pages

4 April 2024

In modular structures, inaccuracies of the modules superimpose over the entire structure. Depending on the placement of the modules, these inaccuracies have (different) effects on stresses and total deformations. Especially for structures with many i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,600 Views
19 Pages

FEM Simulation of AlSi10Mg Artifact for Additive Manufacturing Process Calibration with Industrial-Computed Tomography Validation

  • Cesare Patuelli,
  • Enrico Cestino,
  • Giacomo Frulla,
  • Federico Valente,
  • Guido Servetti,
  • Fabio Esposito and
  • Luca Barbero

30 June 2023

Dimensional accuracy of selective laser melting (SLM) parts is one of manufacturers’ major concerns. The additive manufacturing (AM) process is characterized by high-temperature gradients, consolidation, and thermal expansion, which induce resi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,234 Views
13 Pages

Mechanical and Biological Advantages of a Tri-Oval Implant Design

  • Xing Yin,
  • Jingtao Li,
  • Waldemar Hoffmann,
  • Angelines Gasser,
  • John B. Brunski and
  • Jill A. Helms

28 March 2019

Of all geometric shapes, a tri-oval one may be the strongest because of its capacity to bear large loads with neither rotation nor deformation. Here, we modified the external shape of a dental implant from circular to tri-oval, aiming to create a com...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,286 Views
17 Pages

16 February 2024

As additive manufacturing advances, it offers a cost-effective avenue for structurally repairing components. However, a challenge arises in the additive repair of suspended damaged surfaces, primarily due to gravitational forces. This can result in e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,443 Views
14 Pages

26 June 2024

In soft robotics, the most used actuators are soft pneumatic actuators because of their simplicity, cost-effectiveness, and safety. However, pneumatic actuation is also disadvantageous because of the strong non-linearities associated with using a com...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,810 Views
19 Pages

4 October 2021

Deep drawing is characterized by extremely complex deformation that is influenced by process characteristics such as die and punch shapes, blank shape, blank holding force, material properties, and lubrication. The optimization of the deep drawing pr...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2,370 Views
14 Pages

24 July 2022

The concept of infinitesimal elastic deformation and the theory of elastic seismic waves was formed in the first part of the 19th century and was based mainly on the Fermat, Huygens and Snell developments in the theory of optics. At the same time, se...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,940 Views
24 Pages

With the three-dimensional (3D) geological information system development, 3D geological cross-sections (GCs) have become the primary data for geological work and scientific research. Throughout past geological surveys or research works, a lot of two...

  • Article
  • Open Access
41 Citations
4,678 Views
11 Pages

21 October 2021

This paper investigates the deformation mechanism and energy absorption behaviour of 316 L triply periodic minimal surface (TPMS) structures with uniform and graded wall thicknesses fabricated by the selective laser melting technique. The uniform P-s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
8,612 Views
15 Pages

Pneumatic Hyperelastic Actuators for Grasping Curved Organic Objects

  • Alexandre Galley,
  • George K. Knopf and
  • Mohamed Kashkoush

5 November 2019

Soft robotic grippers often incorporate pneumatically-driven actuators that can elastically deform to grasp delicate, curved organic objects with minimal surface damage. The complexity of the actuator geometry and the nonlinear stress–strain be...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,744 Views
19 Pages

Multi-Objective Optimization Design of Porous Gas Journal Bearing Considering the Fluid–Structure Interaction Effect

  • Azael Duran-Castillo,
  • Juan Carlos Jauregui-Correa,
  • Juan Primo Benítez-Rangel,
  • Aurelio Dominguez-Gonzalez and
  • Oscar Cesar De Santiago

4 September 2024

The performance of the porous gas bearing depends on the geometric characteristics, material, fluid properties, and the properties of the porous media, which is a restrictor that controls the gas flow. Its application in industrial environments must...

  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
8,863 Views
16 Pages

7 August 2018

Conformal design of the island-bridge structure is the key to construct high-performance inorganic stretchable electronics that can be conformally transferred to non-developable surfaces. Former studies in conformal problems of epidermal electronics...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,192 Views
18 Pages

A Sequential Approach for Aerodynamic Shape Optimization with Topology Optimization of Airfoils

  • Isaac Gibert Martínez,
  • Frederico Afonso,
  • Simão Rodrigues and
  • Fernando Lau

The objective of this work is to study the coupling of two efficient optimization techniques, Aerodynamic Shape Optimization (ASO) and Topology Optimization (TO), in 2D airfoils. To achieve such goal two open-source codes, SU2 and Calculix, are emplo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,661 Views
21 Pages

Topology Optimization of Geometrically Nonlinear Structures Based on a Self-Adaptive Material Interpolation Scheme

  • Junwen Liang,
  • Xianmin Zhang,
  • Benliang Zhu,
  • Rixin Wang,
  • Chaoyu Cui and
  • Hongchuan Zhang

24 November 2023

In this paper, a simple and effective self-adaptive material interpolation scheme is proposed to solve the numerical instability problem, which may occur in topology optimization considering geometrical nonlinearity when using density-based method. T...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,556 Views
24 Pages

23 June 2021

Air cooling systems are currently the most popular and least expensive solutions to maintain a safe temperature in electronic devices. Heat sinks have been widely used in this area, allowing for an increase in the effective heat transfer surface area...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,455 Views
22 Pages

18 March 2023

Technological advances have led to the increased use of plastic-based additive manufacturing processes for the production of consumer goods and spare parts. For this reason, the need for the best possible mechanical properties while maintaining geome...

  • Article
  • Open Access
904 Views
15 Pages

In this study, a new nonlinear dynamic model was established for functionally graded material (FGM) beams with layered/porous fractal microstructures, aiming to reveal the cross-scale propagation mechanism of flexural waves under large deflection con...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,861 Views
31 Pages

26 April 2023

In the present paper, we focused on exploring the possibility of providing a new class of exact solutions for viable anisotropic stellar systems by means of the massive Brans–Dicke (BD) theory of gravity. In this respect, we used the decoupling...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,563 Views
24 Pages

Layer Contour Verification in Additive Manufacturing by Means of Commercial Flatbed Scanners

  • David Blanco,
  • Pedro Fernandez,
  • Alvaro Noriega,
  • Braulio J. Alvarez and
  • Gonzalo Valiño

18 December 2019

Industrial adoption of additive manufacturing (AM) processes demands improvement in the geometrical accuracy of manufactured parts. One key achievement would be to ensure that manufactured layer contours match the correspondent theoretical profiles,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,297 Views
22 Pages

Building Surface Defect Detection Based on Improved YOLOv8

  • Xiaoxia Lin,
  • Yingzhou Meng,
  • Lin Sun,
  • Xiaodong Yang,
  • Chunwei Leng,
  • Yan Li,
  • Zhenyu Niu,
  • Weihao Gong and
  • Xinyue Xiao

In intelligent building, efficient surface defect detection is crucial for structural safety and maintenance quality. Traditional methods face three challenges in complex scenarios: locating defect features accurately due to multi-scale texture and b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,362 Views
24 Pages

Refocusing of Moving Ships in Squint SAR Images Based on Spectrum Orthogonalization

  • Xuyao Tong,
  • Min Bao,
  • Guangcai Sun,
  • Liang Han,
  • Yu Zhang and
  • Mengdao Xing

17 July 2021

Moving ship refocusing is challenging because the target motion parameters are unknown. Moreover, moving ships in squint synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images obtained by the back-projection (BP) algorithm usually suffer from geometric deformation an...

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