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6 July 2024

For the variable speed variable displacement power unit (VSVDPU), achieving power matching between the permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) and the variable displacement plunger pump (VDPP) is the key to reducing system energy consumption. The c...

(This article belongs to the Section F1: Electrical Power System)
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28 Citations
9,142 Views
16 Pages

27 March 2017

The variable displacement pump control system has greater energy-saving advantages and application prospects than the valve control system. However, the variable displacement pump control of differential cylinder is not concurrent with the existing t...

(This article belongs to the Section Energy Science and Technology)
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1 Citations
2,308 Views
16 Pages

3 April 2024

In a hydraulic system, a micro variable pump is required to be high pressure and high speed, and this work presents a new type of 2D bivariable pump structure in which the worm gear and worm mechanism are used to rotate the cylinder block to change t...

(This article belongs to the Topic Advanced Technology of Full Lifecycle Service for Hydraulic Machinery)
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3 Citations
2,889 Views
17 Pages

Development and Validation of a Variable Displacement Variable Compression Ratio Miller Cycle Technology on an Automotive Gasoline Engine

  • Huiyong Yang,
  • Lei Zhang,
  • Jingping Liu,
  • Jianqin Fu and ,
  • Dazi Shen and
  • Zhipeng Yuan
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

1 June 2023

At partial load, traditional automotive gasoline engines have high pumping losses due to the throttling of the intake charge for load control. Variable Valve Timing (VVT) and the introduction of externally cooled EGR could reduce the pumping losses b...

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11 Citations
16,828 Views
16 Pages

24 April 2018

High-speed, pressure-compensated variable displacement piston pumps are widely used in aircraft hydraulic systems for their high power density. The swash plate is controlled by the pressure-compensated valve, which uses pressure feedback so that the...

(This article belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)
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508 Views
27 Pages

Improvement Solution for the Electro-Hydrostatic Actuator with Variable Displacement Pump Used in Aircraft Flight Controls

  • Liviu Dinca,
  • Jenica-Ileana Corcau,
  • Teodor-Lucian Grigorie,
  • Andra-Adelina Cucu and
  • Bogdan Vasilescu

26 May 2026

In order to control an electro-hydrostatic actuator (EHS), as is well known in the literature, it is possible either to modify the speed and direction of rotation of the electric motor or to vary the displacement of the hydraulic pump. In a previous...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Technologies in Actuators for Control Systems)
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2 Citations
2,160 Views
19 Pages

23 January 2025

Swash plate axial piston pumps play an important role in hydraulic systems due to their superior performance and compact design. As the controlled object of the valve-controlled hydraulic cylinder, the swash plate is affected by the complex fluid dyn...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Smart Materials and Applications)
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8 Citations
5,886 Views
15 Pages

Active Pressure Ripple Reduction of a Self-Supplied Variable Displacement Pump with Notch Least Mean Square Filter

  • Xiaochen Huang,
  • Bing Xu,
  • Weidi Huang,
  • Haogong Xu and ,
  • Fei Lyu and
  • Qi Su
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5 August 2021

As the power sources in hydraulic systems, variable displacement axial piston pumps generate flow fluctuation. Unfortunately, it results in pressure pulsation which excites the system vibration and emitted noise. The majority of studies try to elimin...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow in Micromachines, Volume II)
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4 Citations
3,033 Views
22 Pages

13 January 2022

The static problem of a layered isotropic elastic body is a very useful research subject in relation to the analysis and design of foundation works. Due to the complexity of the problem, there is no analytical solution to the problem so far. This stu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Geotechnical Engineering Hazards)
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550 Views
22 Pages

Structural health monitoring increasingly relies on non-contact optical techniques to overcome the limitations of contact sensors such as linear variable displacement transducers (LVDTs) and accelerometers. This paper presents the development and ass...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Bridge Engineering: Structures, Monitoring, and AI Technologies)
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2 Citations
4,067 Views
17 Pages

Common-Mode Voltage Harmonic Reduction in Variable Speed Drives Applying a Variable-Angle Carrier Phase-Displacement PWM Method

  • Abraham Marquez Alcaide,
  • Vito Giuseppe Monopoli,
  • Xuchen Wang,
  • Jose I. Leon and ,
  • Giampaolo Buticchi,
  • Sergio Vazquez,
  • Marco Liserre and
  • Leopoldo G. Franquelo
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

19 May 2021

Electric variable speed drives (VSD) have been replacing mechanic and hydraulic systems in many sectors of industry and transportation because of their better performance and reduced cost. However, the electric systems still face the issue of being c...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Analysis of the Harmonic Performance of Power Converters and Electrical Drives)
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9 Citations
3,950 Views
20 Pages

Research on Multi-Mode Control of Electro-Hydraulic Variable Displacement Pump Driven by Servo Motor

  • Zhiqiang Zhang,
  • Yupeng Yan,
  • Lin Li,
  • Qun Chao and ,
  • Kunshan Jin and
  • Zhiqi Liu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

15 May 2024

The electro-hydraulic power source with an electro-hydraulic variable pump driven by a servo motor is suitable for electrified construction machinery. To achieve better energy efficiency in different working conditions, the multi-mode control scheme...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in the Design Solutions of Electro-Hydraulic Actuators for Mechatronic Systems)
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3 Citations
2,539 Views
21 Pages

7 February 2025

This paper proposes a variable mechanism structure based on a ball screw design for precise displacement control in axial piston pumps, with the objective of improving actuator position and velocity control within the displacement-controlled (DC) sys...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Applied Robotics in Mechatronics and Automation)
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10 Citations
4,488 Views
20 Pages

14 December 2022

Laser feedback-based self-mixing interferometry (SMI) is a promising technique for displacement sensing. However, commercial deployment of such sensors is being held back due to reduced performance in case of variable optical feedback which invariabl...

(This article belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)
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803 Views
27 Pages

29 April 2026

This study presents a comparative investigation of target displacement demands, a fundamental indicator in the seismic performance assessment of reinforced concrete frame systems, within the framework of the Turkish Building Earthquake Code (TBEC-201...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Analysis of Structural and Seismic Performance of Building Structures)
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23 August 2026

Long-term displacement in ultra-high rockfill dams is spatially heterogeneous, yet point-based monitoring and single-track InSAR provide only a limited account of its three-dimensional evolution. To address this limitation, we develop a workflow comb...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Interpretation and Attribution of Land Subsidence: A Remote Sensing and Machine Learning Perspective)
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1 Citations
444 Views
23 Pages

Displacement Prediction and Monitoring Methods for Baishui River Landslide in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area

  • Jiayan Yin,
  • Jiachuang Song,
  • Kai Xie,
  • Hongling Tian and ,
  • Jianbiao He and
  • Wei Zhang
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Predicting landslide displacement is important for geological-hazard early warning. In reservoir areas, displacement evolution is affected by rainfall, reservoir water level, vegetation variation, and the intrinsic non-stationarity of the displacemen...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Machine Learning Approach for Prediction: Cross-Domain Applications)
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7 Citations
3,449 Views
18 Pages

Design and Sensitivity Analysis of Mechanically Actuated Digital Radial Piston Pumps

  • Keith Pate,
  • James R. Marschand,
  • Farid Breidi,
  • Tawfiq Salem and
  • John Lumkes

29 February 2024

One major challenge in fluid power is the improvement and optimization of the efficiency of mobile hydraulic systems. Conventional fluid power systems often exhibit relatively low overall efficiencies caused by inefficiencies in the various component...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Design and Optimization Method of Pumps)
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19 Citations
10,299 Views
17 Pages

30 December 2022

A high-precision variable-thrust control method based on real-time measurement of pintle displacement and closed-loop feedback control is proposed to solve the technical problems of deep throttling variable-thrust regulation and control of pintle liq...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Liquid Rocket Engines)
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1 Citations
717 Views
21 Pages

Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Pore-Scale Remaining Oil Mobilization Mechanisms Under Variable-Rate Waterflooding

  • Liang Zhao,
  • Cunyou Zou,
  • Yushan Ma,
  • Baolei Liu and ,
  • Daigang Wang,
  • Jinde Feng,
  • Jie Han and
  • Donghui Wang
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24 February 2026

In the late high water cut stage of medium- and high-permeability sandstone reservoirs, remaining oil becomes highly dispersed, and rational optimization of the water injection rate is crucial for further recovery improvement. However, a quantitative...

(This article belongs to the Section H1: Petroleum Engineering)
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13 Citations
2,999 Views
20 Pages

14 April 2023

The slope instability brought on by earthquakes frequently results in significant property damage and casualties. At present, the research on displacement response of a slope under earthquake has mainly emphasized the action of the mainshock, without...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Safety Evaluation of Dam and Geotechnical Engineering)
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9 Citations
4,776 Views
20 Pages

Digitalization of Radial Piston Pumps through Internal Mechanically Actuated Designs

  • Keith Pate,
  • Israa Azzam,
  • Farid Breidi,
  • James R. Marschand and
  • John H. Lumkes

15 November 2023

Digital hydraulics is a technology gaining perceptible growth in fluid power research. The advantages of digital fluid power systems can be realized through improved system efficiencies, energy savings, increased productivity, and system performance...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovative and Intelligent Actuation for Heavy-Duty Applications)
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16 Citations
4,431 Views
27 Pages

18 February 2020

This paper concentrates on the study of the Weighted Least-squares (WLS) approaches for the generation of ground displacement time-series through Differential Interferometric SAR (DInSAR) methods. Usually, within the DInSAR framework, the Weighted Le...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Hyper-Spectral Imaging, Sounding and Applications from Space)
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23 Citations
5,236 Views
18 Pages

30 May 2022

In an effort to improve the energy economics of hydraulic systems, attention should be paid to reducing power losses in two main entities, energy converting components, and energy controlling and conveying components. Achieving the former requires ut...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Application and Analysis in Fluid Power Systems)
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1 Citations
724 Views
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Complex Predictions for Stress and Displacement of Deep Buried Tunnels with Concrete Lining in Parallel Inclined Multi-Layered Surrounding Rocks

  • Xuefei Hong,
  • Peng Lin,
  • Haiyan Liu,
  • Zongliang Zhang and ,
  • Yong Xia and
  • Zhiyun Deng
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

11 December 2025

A plane strain analytical model was developed for the interaction between inclined multilayered rock strata and concrete tunnel lining in deep buried tunnels, with both structures treated as homogeneous isotropic elastic bodies and two contact modes,...

(This article belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
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3 Citations
1,026 Views
31 Pages

Fuzzy Adaptive Impedance Control Method for Underwater Manipulators Based on Bayesian Recursive Least Squares and Displacement Correction

  • Baoju Wu,
  • Xinyu Liu,
  • Nanmu Hui,
  • Yan Huo and ,
  • Jiaxiang Zheng and
  • Changjin Dong
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

28 December 2025

During constant-force operations in complex marine environments, underwater manipulators are affected by hydrodynamic disturbances and unknown, time-varying environment stiffness. Under classical impedance control (IC), this often leads to large tran...

(This article belongs to the Section Automation and Control Systems)
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14 Citations
3,817 Views
21 Pages

Enhancing Capabilities of Double Sided Linear Flux Switching Permanent Magnet Machines

  • Noman Ullah,
  • Abdul Basit,
  • Faisal Khan,
  • Wasiq Ullah and ,
  • Mohsin Shahzad and
  • Atif Zahid
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16 October 2018

Double sided linear flux switching permanent magnet machines (DSLFSPMMs) exhibit high thrust force density, high efficiency, low cost and robust double salient secondary (stator) structures. The aforementioned unique features make DSLFSPMM suitable f...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Electrical Machine Design)
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33 Citations
15,619 Views
31 Pages

The design process for Variable Buoyancy System (VBS) is not known in full, and existing approaches are not scalable. Furthermore, almost all the small size Autonomous Underwater Vehicles/Gliders (AUVs/G’s) use very low capacity of buoyancy cha...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Computer-Aided Marine Structures’ Design)
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57 Citations
3,577 Views
22 Pages

29 October 2022

Recent research has indicated that the implantation of a network of piezoelectric transducer patches in element regions of potential damage development, such as the beam–column joint (BCJ) area, substantially increases the efficacy and accuracy...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
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22 July 2026

This study presents an analytical elastic solution using the complex variable approach to determine the soil disturbance surrounding a shallow rectangular tunnel, taking into account the effect of gravity and considering the influence of grouting pre...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances and Challenges in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2nd Edition)
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1 Citations
1,596 Views
11 Pages

Three-Dimensional Modelling of Indexed Papillary Muscle Displacement in Patients Requiring Mitral Valve Surgery Using Four-Dimensional Echocardiography Variables

  • Zhi Xian Ong,
  • Ashlynn Ai Li Ler,
  • Liang Shen,
  • Theo Kofidis and ,
  • Lian-Kah Ti and
  • Faizus Sazzad
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

10 December 2024

Background: Two-dimensional and three-dimensional echocardiographic imaging are commonly used in assessing ischemic mitral regurgitation (IMR) and degenerative mitral regurgitation (DMR) in patients with mitral valve disease. However, the use of 4D e...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Disease and Imaging Techniques—2nd Edition)
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23 Citations
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15 Pages

28 January 2019

This document presents a revised translation to the English language work developed more than 40 years ago by the first author. It further summarizes a common misinterpretation of the method and succinctly describes a graphical procedure to correctly...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Energy Efficiency and Controllability of Fluid Power Systems 2018)
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7 Citations
2,564 Views
22 Pages

Vegetation Dynamics and Climate Variability in Conflict Zones: A Case Study of Sortony Internally Displaced Camp, Darfur, Sudan

  • Abdalrahman Ahmed,
  • Brian Rotich,
  • Harison K. Kipkulei,
  • Azaria Stephano Lameck and ,
  • Bence Gallai and
  • Kornel Czimber
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

20 August 2025

Understanding vegetation dynamics and climate variability in the vicinity of Internally Displaced Person (IDP) camps is critical due to the high dependency of displaced populations on local natural resources. This study investigates vegetation cover...

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10 Citations
4,293 Views
18 Pages

Application of the Feedback Linearization in Maximum Power Point Tracking Control for Hydraulic Wind Turbine

  • Chao Ai,
  • Wei Gao,
  • Qinyu Hu,
  • Yankang Zhang and ,
  • Lijuan Chen,
  • Jiawei Guo and
  • Zengrui Han
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

24 March 2020

Taking the hydraulic wind turbine as the research object, the method is studied to improve the utilization ratio of wind energy for hydraulic wind turbine, when the wind speed is lower than the rated wind speed. The hydraulic fixed displacement pump...

(This article belongs to the Collection Wind Turbines)
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3 Citations
4,036 Views
25 Pages

Verification of Continuum Mechanics Predictions with Experimental Mechanics

  • Cesar A. Sciammarella,
  • Luciano Lamberti and
  • Federico M. Sciammarella

22 December 2019

The general goal of the study is to connect theoretical predictions of continuum mechanics with actual experimental observations that support these predictions. The representative volume element (RVE) bridges the theoretical concept of continuum with...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Multi-scale Mechanical Characterization of Materials with Optical Methods)
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12 Citations
5,216 Views
16 Pages

1 April 2019

The objective of this paper is to design a pump that can match its delivery pressure to the aircraft load. Axial piston pumps used in airborne hydraulic systems are required to work in a constant pressure mode setting based on the highest pressure re...

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5 Citations
5,066 Views
23 Pages

2 August 2018

Subdiffusion is commonly observed in liquids with high density or in restricted geometries, as the particles are constantly pushed back by their neighbors. Since this “cage effect” emerges from many-body dynamics involving spatiotemporall...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Trends in Statistical Physics of Complex Systems)
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7 Citations
3,973 Views
19 Pages

Analysis of the Varying Thickness Rolling Process Based on the Principle of Pre-Displacement

  • Shiyu Yang,
  • Hongmin Liu,
  • Dongcheng Wang,
  • Guodong Wang and
  • Xiaozheng Cao

25 October 2023

This paper conducts a comprehensive analysis of the varying thickness rolling process, grounded in the principle of pre-displacement. Within the rolling deformation zone, the subject is divided into three distinct areas: the backward slip zone, stick...

(This article belongs to the Section Computation and Simulation on Metals)
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1 Citations
4,410 Views
12 Pages

5 August 2022

Operators of mobile platforms that employ hydraulic actuation, such as excavators, seek more efficient power transfer from source to load. Pump-controlled architectures achieve greater efficiency than valve-controlled architectures but exhibit poor t...

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9 Citations
2,727 Views
34 Pages

24 July 2025

The safety and longevity of engineering structures depend on precise and timely monitoring, especially during load testing inspections. Conventional displacement measurement methods—such as LVDT sensors, GNSS, RTS, and levels—each present...

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6 Citations
3,150 Views
16 Pages

22 April 2022

The northern slopes of the Vipava Valley are defined by a thrust front of Mesozoic carbonates over Tertiary flysch deposits. These slopes are characterized by a variety of different surface forms, among which recent and fossil polygenetic landslides...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mapping and Monitoring of Geohazards with Remote Sensing Technologies)
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25 Pages

2 December 2025

Underground gas storage (UGS) facilities may cause ground displacements as a result of the cavern convergence or regular gas injection (alternate ground uplift and subsidence). The occurrence and scale of displacements are strongly dependent on the s...

(This article belongs to the Topic From Earth to Innovation: Modern Trends in Mining, Geoinformation, and Geoscientific Applications)
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22 Citations
3,143 Views
20 Pages

In active heave compensation, in order to realize the smooth control of the heave compensation platform, it is necessary to use the ship motion measurement system to accurately obtain the ship displacement signal, invert the ship displacement signal,...

(This article belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
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22 Pages

20 August 2025

Variable-flow displacement has been effectively used to enhance oil recovery; however, it has rarely been investigated for coalbed methane production, and the CH4 diffusion laws in this process are not clear. In this paper, we carried out a study on...

(This article belongs to the Section Energy Systems)
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1 Citations
1,220 Views
14 Pages

Shifted Bernstein Polynomial-Based Dynamic Analysis for Variable Fractional Order Nonlinear Viscoelastic Bar

  • Zhongze Li,
  • Lixing Ma,
  • Yiming Chen,
  • Jingguo Qu and ,
  • Yuhuan Cui and
  • Lei Wang
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This study presents a shifted Bernstein polynomial-based method for numerically solving the variable fractional order control equation governing a viscoelastic bar. Initially, employing a variable order fractional constitutive relation alongside the...

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2 Citations
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The Patellostabilometer: A New Device for Quantification of Mediolateral Patella Displacement

  • Krzysztof Lachowski,
  • Florian Hammermeister,
  • Bastian Halenz,
  • Florian Lieckefett and ,
  • Thomas Götze,
  • Robert Prill and
  • Roland Becker
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

22 January 2023

Mediolateral patella displacement is of interest for diagnostics and clinically relevant research questions. Apart from manual testing, no standardized method is currently available. Proper quantification of patella mobility is necessary to better un...

(This article belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)
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27 Citations
3,959 Views
17 Pages

Landslide Displacement Prediction of Shuping Landslide Combining PSO and LSSVM Model

  • Wenjun Jia,
  • Tao Wen,
  • Decheng Li,
  • Wei Guo and ,
  • Zhi Quan,
  • Yihui Wang,
  • Dexin Huang and
  • Mingyi Hu
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

4 February 2023

Predicting the deformation of landslides is significant for landslide early warning. Taking the Shuping landslide in the Three Gorges Reservoir area (TGRA) as a case, the displacement is decomposed into two components by a time series model (TSM). Th...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Research on Landslide Hydrology and Hydrogeological Disaster Monitoring)
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21 October 2026

Displacement is crucial in performance-based seismic design and assessment of civil constructions. A simple estimate of the peak displacement demand uses the inelastic displacement ratio. Importantly, relevant research is limited to uniaxial motion,...

(This article belongs to the Section Modelling in Engineering Structures)
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8 Citations
4,277 Views
14 Pages

A new complex variable method is presented for stress and displacement problems in a non-circular deep tunnel with certain given boundary conditions at infinity. In order to overcome the complex problems caused by non-circular geometric configuration...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mesh-Free and Finite Element-Based Methods for Structural Mechanics Applications)
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37 Citations
8,123 Views
18 Pages

Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Viscoelastic Damper by Applying Fractional Derivative Method and Internal Variable Theory

  • Yeshou Xu,
  • Qi He,
  • Ying-Qing Guo,
  • Xing-Huai Huang and ,
  • Yao-Rong Dong,
  • Zhong-Wei Hu and
  • Jinkoo Kim
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

14 January 2023

Viscoelastic dampers are conventional passive vibration control devices with excellent energy dissipation performance. The fractional derivative has a simple form and high accuracy in the modelling of viscoelastic materials/dampers. The internal vari...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Composite Materials for Structure Strengthening and Resilience Improving)

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