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27 May 2024

This study aimed to develop and validate an improved sparrow search algorithm (ISSA)-optimized Least Squares Support Vector Machine (LSSVM) model for accurately predicting the tooth profile deviation of rigid gears produced by wire electrical dischar...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,056 Views
16 Pages

1 February 2022

Assembling plays a significant role in the performance of large-scale CNC gear profile grinding machines. An approach in the deviation evaluation of ground tooth surfaces taking into account assembly errors is proposed in this paper. Based on the err...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,953 Views
14 Pages

Wafer Eccentricity Deviation Measurement Method Based on Line-Scanning Chromatic Confocal 3D Profiler

  • Dingjun Qu,
  • Zuoda Zhou,
  • Zhiwei Li,
  • Ruizhe Ding,
  • Wei Jin,
  • Haiyan Luo and
  • Wei Xiong

The wafer eccentricity deviation caused by misalignment between the center of the wafer and rotary table will lead to edge image distortion and quality degradation of the defect signals during automated inspection. However, wafer end jump and edge to...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,145 Views
15 Pages

Ovarian Follicular Dynamics and Its Functional Significance in Relation with Follicle Deviation, Vaginal Cytology, and Hormone Profiles in Llamas (Lama glama)

  • Uri H. Perez-Guerra,
  • Yesenia M. Quispe,
  • Henry I. Gonzáles,
  • Natalio Luque,
  • Domingo A. Ruelas,
  • María I. Carretero,
  • Miguel A. Gutiérrez-Reinoso,
  • Manuel G. Pérez-Durand and
  • Manuel García-Herreros

25 November 2022

The reproductive physiology in camelid species has its particularities. The present study aimed to characterize the ovarian follicular dynamics and its functional significance in relation to follicular deviation, vaginal cytological characteristics,...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,533 Views
25 Pages

23 February 2024

In recent years, paradigms like production quality or zero-defect manufacturing have emerged, highlighting the need to improve quality and reduce waste in manufacturing systems. Although quality can be analyzed from various points of view during diff...

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  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,499 Views
29 Pages

14 October 2020

Based on the three-dimensional (3D) finite element method (FEM) and Taguchi method (TM), this paper analyzes the tooth surface contact stress (TSCS) of spur gears with three different influence factors: tooth profile deviations (TPD), meshing errors...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,039 Views
20 Pages

Comparative Studies of the Measurement Accuracy of Basic Gear Wheel Parameters

  • Agata Świerek,
  • Paweł Nowakowski,
  • Lidia Marciniak-Podsadna and
  • Piotr Góral

15 September 2024

This article presents the results of comparative tests of gear wheels based on the contactless and contact measurement methods. Measurements of gear wheels in accuracy classes containing deviations within the range of measurement capabilities of the...

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  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,240 Views
18 Pages

10 August 2022

The current loaded tooth contact analysis of cycloid drives based on the assumption of theoretical positions of ring pins ignores the deviations caused by manufacturing errors and elastic deformations, which are not in agreement with reality. To fill...

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  • Open Access
10 Citations
7,830 Views
19 Pages

13 March 2013

As a ranging sensor, a continuous transmission frequency modulation (CTFM) sonar with its ability for range finding and range profile formation works effectively under stationary conditions. When a relative velocity exists between the target and the...

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  • Open Access
34 Citations
5,908 Views
20 Pages

The Actuation System of the Ankle Exoskeleton T-FLEX: First Use Experimental Validation in People with Stroke

  • Daniel Gomez-Vargas,
  • Felipe Ballen-Moreno,
  • Patricio Barria,
  • Rolando Aguilar,
  • José M. Azorín,
  • Marcela Munera and
  • Carlos A. Cifuentes

Robotic devices can provide physical assistance to people who have suffered neurological impairments such as stroke. Neurological disorders related to this condition induce abnormal gait patterns, which impede the independence to execute different Ac...

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  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,516 Views
24 Pages

8 October 2020

This article presents a multi-criteria analysis of the errors that may occur while measuring the geometric deviations of crankshafts that require multi-point support. The analysis included in the paper confirmed that the currently used conventional s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,377 Views
15 Pages

19 February 2019

The development of high-speed camera systems and image processing techniques has promoted the use of vision-based methods as a practical alternative for the analysis of non-contact structural dynamic responses. In this study, a deviation extraction m...

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,611 Views
12 Pages

15 February 2022

An approximate solution for a contact problem of profiles which are not axially symmetrical but deviate only slightly from the axial symmetry is found in a closed explicit analytical form. The solution is based on Betti’s reciprocity theorem, f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,901 Views
21 Pages

2 October 2021

Concurrent measurements of three-dimensional wind velocities made with three co-located wind profilers operated at frequencies of 52 MHz, 449 MHz, and 1.29 GHz for the period 12–16 September 2017 are compared for the first time in this study. The vel...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,427 Views
10 Pages

18 November 2021

Objective: The goal of this study was to utilize Gait Profile Score (GPS) and Gait Deviation Index (GDI), to assess its capability of differentiating between injured and non-injured runners. Design: In total, 45 long-distance runners (15 non-injured,...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,155 Views
29 Pages

Friction Coefficient Dynamics of Tribological Coatings from Engine Lubricants: Analysis and Interpretation

  • Saúl Domínguez García,
  • Luis Béjar Gómez,
  • Rafael Maya Yescas,
  • Javier Lara Romero,
  • Baltazar Castro Cedeño and
  • Marco Antonio Espinosa Medina

11 October 2023

Even today, there is no full understanding of the relationship between the physical, chemical, and mechanical properties and the behavior of the lubricating films formed in tribological systems. Most of the published scientific research measures and...

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  • Open Access
18 Citations
5,813 Views
14 Pages

Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) is one of the most potent additive manufacturing (AM) processes. Metallic LPBF is gaining popularity, but one of the obstacles facing its larger industrial use is the limited knowledge of its dimensional and geometrical...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
7,210 Views
19 Pages

Effects of Spatial Sampling Interval on Roughness Parameters and Microwave Backscatter over Agricultural Soil Surfaces

  • Matías Ernesto Barber,
  • Francisco Matías Grings,
  • Jesús Álvarez-Mozos,
  • Marcela Piscitelli,
  • Pablo Alejandro Perna and
  • Haydee Karszenbaum

8 June 2016

The spatial sampling interval, as related to the ability to digitize a soil profile with a certain number of features per unit length, depends on the profiling technique itself. From a variety of profiling techniques, roughness parameters are estimat...

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  • Open Access
37 Citations
14,473 Views
26 Pages

14 April 2023

Fake news on social media has engulfed the world of politics in recent years and is now posing the same threat in other areas, such as corporate social responsibility communications. This study examines this phenomenon in the context of firms’...

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  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,149 Views
10 Pages

16 December 2020

The coupled aerodynamic performance influence of multiple deviations in the blade profile is a complex phenomena. In this paper, a high-pressure compressor rotor blade mid-span profile is studied with the design of experiments (DOE), numerical simula...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,650 Views
16 Pages

Precise Measurement and Visual Expression of Gear Overall Deviation

  • Jianzhou Pan,
  • Aiping Song,
  • Jiaming Huang and
  • Chuang Yan

20 February 2022

This paper proposes a non-contact measurement, analysis, and visualization method for the overall deviation of gears based on a laser displacement sensor. We implement error compensation and coordinate transformation on the tooth profile data collect...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,793 Views
15 Pages

Study on the Measurability of Gear Analytical Parameters in Double-Flank Measurement

  • Xiaoyi Wang,
  • Mingkang Liu,
  • Tianyang Yao,
  • Kunlei Zheng,
  • Chengxiang Zhao,
  • Longyuan Xiao and
  • Dongjie Zhu

9 December 2023

Double-flank measurement is the most commonly used full inspection method on the shop floor. However, the double-flank measurement method cannot measure analytical parameters such as pitch deviations and profile deviations, and this limitation is a p...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,647 Views
21 Pages

26 October 2023

Robust and well-designed rotor-bearing systems ensure safe operation and a high level of reliability under severe operating conditions. A deviation in the shaft axis with respect to the bearing longitudinal axis represents one of the most unavoidable...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,798 Views
32 Pages

Fourier Features and Machine Learning for Contour Profile Inspection in CNC Milling Parts: A Novel Intelligent Inspection Method (NIIM)

  • Manuel Meraz Méndez,
  • Juan A. Ramírez Quintana,
  • Elva Lilia Reynoso Jardón,
  • Manuel Nandayapa and
  • Osslan Osiris Vergara Villegas

10 September 2024

Form deviation generated during the milling profile process challenges the precision and functionality of industrial fixtures and product manufacturing across various sectors. Inspecting contour profile quality relies on commonly employed contact met...

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,397 Views
14 Pages

15 April 2021

Springback is a common defect caused by elastic recovery in the plastic forming process, which can cause the formed workpiece to deviate from the target shape. The purpose of this paper is to grasp the influence law of process parameters on springbac...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,194 Views
16 Pages

8 July 2024

As a non-contact method, vision-based measurement for vibration extraction and modal parameter identification has attracted much attention. In most cases, artificial textures are crucial elements for visual tracking, and this feature limits the appli...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,614 Views
20 Pages

30 April 2024

With the rapid development of the new energy vehicle market, the demand for extruded profiles for battery trays, mainly characterized by significant wall thickness differences in multiple chambers, is increasing, posing new challenges to production a...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,779 Views
14 Pages

5 December 2022

The small-size threaded connection is one of the main connection methods for complex and precision electromechanical products such as aerospace equipment. The geometric deviation is unavoidable in the thread manufacturing process, which will lead to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,562 Views
18 Pages

An Evaluation of Fengyun-3C Radio Occultation Atmospheric Profiles Over 2015–2018

  • Jinde Wei,
  • Ying Li,
  • Kefei Zhang,
  • Mi Liao,
  • Weihua Bai,
  • Congliang Liu,
  • Yan Liu and
  • Xiaoming Wang

1 July 2020

Fengyun-3C (FY-3C) is the first Chinese satellite that is capable of using the Radio Occultation (RO) technique to retrieve atmospheric profiles. This research evaluates the quality of FY-3C RO profiles including refractivity, temperature, and specif...

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  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,339 Views
8 Pages

The Effects of Profile Errors of Microlens Surfaces on Laser Beam Homogenization

  • Axiu Cao,
  • Hui Pang,
  • Jiazhou Wang,
  • Man Zhang,
  • Jian Chen,
  • Lifang Shi,
  • Qiling Deng and
  • Song Hu

13 February 2017

Microlens arrays (MLAs) are key optical components in laser beam homogenization. However, due to imperfect surface profiles resulting from microfabrication, the functionalities of MLAs in beam modulation could be compromised to some extent. In order...

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  • Open Access
1,815 Views
23 Pages

A Fast Forward Modelling Method for Simulating Satellite Observations Using Observing Path Tracking

  • Xiaofang Guo,
  • Zongru Yang,
  • Gang Ma,
  • Yi Yu,
  • Peng Zhang and
  • Banglin Zhang

14 March 2024

The higher the atmosphere is, the larger the deviations in atmospheric temperature and humidity are between the vertical column atmosphere above the cross-section of a satellite instrument and a ray’s trajectory from the cross-section to the sa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,745 Views
13 Pages

Morphodynamic Modelling with Uncertain Geometry Input

  • Jakob Siedersleben,
  • Stefan Jocham,
  • Markus Aufleger and
  • Robert Klar

17 August 2021

For morphodynamic modelling, riverbed survey data are essential as the basis for the evaluation of temporal riverbed development, mesh creation, and model calibration. To study the effects of uncertain geometry input on these issues, datasets of diff...

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  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,991 Views
20 Pages

Assessment of Retrieved N2O, NO2, and HF Profiles from the Atmospheric Infrared Ultraspectral Sounder Based on Simulated Spectra

  • Hongmei Wang,
  • Xiaoying Li,
  • Jian Xu,
  • Xingying Zhang,
  • Shule Ge,
  • Liangfu Chen,
  • Yapeng Wang,
  • Songyan Zhu,
  • Jing Miao and
  • Yidan Si

9 July 2018

The Atmospheric Infrared Ultraspectral Sounder (AIUS), the first high-resolution (0.02 cm−1) solar occultation sounder, aboard GF5, was launched in May 2018 from China. However, relevant studies about vertical profiles of atmospheric constituents bas...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,147 Views
13 Pages

Purpose: This pilot study aimed to evaluate how deviations in X-ray tube head angulation and digital sensor alignment affect the radiographic measurement of the profile angle in CAD-CAM abutments. Materials and Methods: A mandibular model was used wi...

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  • Open Access
34 Citations
7,032 Views
16 Pages

25 March 2019

The demand for rapid online optical inspection of gear tooth surfaces is increasing, especially for precision gears. In this study, a non-contact optical measurement method was established for the inspection of gear tooth surfaces. For the system arc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,544 Views
18 Pages

Clinical Gait Analysis: Characterizing Normal Gait and Pathological Deviations Due to Neurological Diseases

  • Lorenzo Hermez,
  • Abdelghani Halimi,
  • Nesma Houmani,
  • Sonia Garcia-Salicetti,
  • Omar Galarraga and
  • Vincent Vigneron

20 July 2023

This study addresses the characterization of normal gait and pathological deviations induced by neurological diseases, considering knee angular kinematics in the sagittal plane. We propose an unsupervised approach based on Dynamic Time Warping (DTW)...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,647 Views
19 Pages

15 July 2023

Many researchers are devoted to improving the prediction accuracy of daily load profiles, so as to optimize day-ahead operation strategies to achieve the most efficient operation of district heating and cooling (DHC) systems; however, studies on load...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,063 Views
9 Pages

29 September 2017

To further verify the ozone profile reliability of satellite remote sensing for the ozone valley over the Tibetan Plateau in the core area of the South Asian high in summer, we validate the ozone products from the microwave limb sounder (MLS) onboard...

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  • Open Access
678 Views
14 Pages

The epikarst (the subsurface cavernous part of karstic rock studied in the Bakony Regions, the Mecsek Mountains and the area of Pádis) was compared across several karst sample sites. Since the degree of cavity formation in the epikarst cannot...

  • Article
  • Open Access
44 Citations
5,050 Views
20 Pages

An Analysis Study of FORMOSAT-7/COSMIC-2 Radio Occultation Data in the Troposphere

  • Shu-Ya Chen,
  • Chian-Yi Liu,
  • Ching-Yuang Huang,
  • Shen-Cha Hsu,
  • Hsiu-Wen Li,
  • Po-Hsiung Lin,
  • Jia-Ping Cheng and
  • Cheng-Yung Huang

16 February 2021

This study investigates the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) radio occultation (RO) data from FORMOSAT-7/COSMIC-2 (FS7/C2), which provides considerably more and deeper profiles at lower latitudes than those from the former FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,021 Views
16 Pages

The wear condition of steel rails directly affects the safety of railway operations. Line-structured-light visual measurement technology is used for online measurement of rail wear due to its ability to achieve high-precision dynamic measurements. Ho...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,020 Views
12 Pages

6 January 2021

Knowledge of the beam profiles of terahertz emitters is required for the design of terahertz instruments and applications, and in particular for designing terahertz communications links. We report measurements of beam profiles of an optoelectronic si...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
4,440 Views
14 Pages

7 June 2019

An interferogram obtained from a transparent plate contains information on the profiles of both surfaces and on the thickness variation. The present work is devoted to the processing of interferograms of this type. The processing technique is based o...

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  • Open Access
2,233 Views
20 Pages

8 September 2021

Classical eddy viscosity model deviates from the actual mean current profiles, when calculating the mean current profiles over rippled-beds in the presence of non-breaking waves, owing to the neglect of the enhancement of the wave boundary layer thic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,751 Views
16 Pages

Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Simulations of Water Flow in a 90° Pipe Bend

  • Leonardo Di G. Sigalotti,
  • Carlos E. Alvarado-Rodríguez,
  • Jaime Klapp and
  • José M. Cela

14 April 2021

The flow through pipe bends and elbows occurs in a wide range of applications. While many experimental data are available for such flows in the literature, their numerical simulation is less abundant. Here, we present highly-resolved simulations of l...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,468 Views
27 Pages

Numerical Weather Predictions and Re-Analysis as Input for Lidar Inversions: Assessment of the Impact on Optical Products

  • Yuanzu Wang,
  • Aldo Amodeo,
  • Ewan J. O’Connor,
  • Holger Baars,
  • Daniele Bortoli,
  • Qiaoyun Hu,
  • Dongsong Sun and
  • Giuseppe D’Amico

12 May 2022

The atmospheric molecular number density can be obtained from atmospheric temperature and pressure profiles and is a significant input parameter for the inversion of lidar measurements. When measurements of vertical profiles of temperature and pressu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
123 Citations
13,990 Views
19 Pages

A 3D Laser Profiling System for Rail Surface Defect Detection

  • Zhimin Xiong,
  • Qingquan Li,
  • Qingzhou Mao and
  • Qin Zou

4 August 2017

Rail surface defects such as the abrasion, scratch and peeling often cause damages to the train wheels and rail bearings. An efficient and accurate detection of rail defects is of vital importance for the safety of railway transportation. In the past...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,138 Views
24 Pages

Stochastic Process-Based Inversion of Electromagnetic Data for Hydrocarbon Resistivity Estimation in Seabed Logging

  • Muhammad Naeim Mohd Aris,
  • Hanita Daud,
  • Khairul Arifin Mohd Noh and
  • Sarat Chandra Dass

23 April 2021

This work proposes a stochastic process-based inversion to estimate hydrocarbon resistivity based on multifrequency electromagnetic (EM) data. Currently, mesh-based algorithms are used for processing the EM responses which cause high time-consuming a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,585 Views
20 Pages

30 July 2022

An effective method to control the non-linear shrinkage of micro-injection molded small-module plastic gears by combining multi-objective optimization with Moldflow simulation is proposed. The accuracy of the simulation model was verified in a micro-...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,629 Views
17 Pages

Optimal Scheduling of AC–DC Hybrid Distribution Network Considering the Control Mode of a Converter Station

  • Xu Tang,
  • Liang Qin,
  • Zhichun Yang,
  • Xiangling He,
  • Huaidong Min,
  • Sihan Zhou and
  • Kaipei Liu

28 May 2023

Due to the difference in types of loads between regions and the increasing integration of random elements such as electric vehicles (EVs) and distributed generations (DGs), distribution station areas (DSAs) are facing challenges such as unbalanced lo...

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