Extraction of contact-point response in indirect bridge health monitoring using an input estimation approach
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DOI: 10.1007/s13349-020-00418-z
Abstract: Identification of bridge dynamic properties from moving vehicle responses presents several practical benefits. However, a problem that arises when working with vehicle responses for indirect bridge health monitoring is that the bridge dynamics may get… read more here.
Keywords: contact point; health monitoring; response; bridge ... See more keywords
Contact point lateral speed effects on contact strip wear in pantograph – catenary interaction for railway operations under 15 kV 16.67 Hz AC systems
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DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2021.204103
Abstract: Abstract The design of a railway catenary is subject to multiple decisions regarding the geometry of the system. In particular, the horizontal geometry of the contact wire determines the evolution of the wear of the… read more here.
Keywords: contact point; contact strip; geometry; lateral speed ... See more keywords
Investigation of oscillations of piezoelectric actuators with multi-directional polarization
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ymssp.2017.06.036
Abstract: Abstract Oscillations of two beam type piezoelectric actuators with non-homogeneous polarization are investigated. 3DOF oscillations of the contact point are excited applying harmonic signal on the electrodes of the actuators. Elliptical motion of the contact… read more here.
Keywords: contact point; investigation; polarization; piezoelectric actuators ... See more keywords
Membrane Phospholipid Analogues as Molecular Rulers to Probe the Position of Hydrophobic Contact Point of Lysophospholipid Ligands on the Surface of G-Protein-coupled Receptor during Membrane Approach.
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.0c00061
Abstract: When lipid mediators bind to G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), the ligand first enters the lipid bilayer, then diffuses laterally in the cell membrane to make hydrophobic contact with the receptor protein, and finally enters the receptor's… read more here.
Keywords: contact point; surface; hydrophobic contact; receptor ... See more keywords
Vision-based Contact Point Selection for the Fully Non-fixed Contact Manipulation of Deformable Objects
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DOI: 10.1109/lra.2022.3149578
Abstract: Most of the research on deformable objects manipulation (DOM) is under the assumption of the fixed contact (FC). Although there are some attempts to break this assumption, research on DOM with the fully non-fixed contact… read more here.
Keywords: fixed contact; contact; contact point; manipulation ... See more keywords
3D Contact Point Cloud Reconstruction From Vision-Based Tactile Flow
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DOI: 10.1109/lra.2022.3214786
Abstract: With the growing interest in vision-based tactile sensors, various types of sensors that utilize digital imaging are being developed. Among them, a group of sensors captures the tactile flow resulted from the contact deformation using… read more here.
Keywords: point cloud; contact point; based tactile; vision based ... See more keywords
VISCOUS INTERACTION FORCES OF TWO PULSATING SPHERES IN A FLUID NEAR THEIR CONTACT POINT
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DOI: 10.1134/s0021894420040057
Abstract: We consider the interaction between two spherical bubbles of variable radii during their movement along their centerline in a viscous fluid. The Stokes stream function is found in bispherical coordinates as an expansion in Gegenbauer… read more here.
Keywords: contact point; viscous interaction; near contact;
Further Revelation on Damage Detection by IAS Computed from the Contact-Point Response of a Moving Vehicle
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DOI: 10.1142/s0219455418501377
Abstract: The instantaneous amplitude squared (IAS) of the driving component of the contact-point response of a moving test vehicle was proposed for the damage detection of the sustaining bridge. As a supplement to the properties previously… read more here.
Keywords: contact point; damage detection; vehicle; point response ... See more keywords
A Novel Method to Search for the Wheel–Rail Contact Point
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DOI: 10.1142/s0219455419501426
Abstract: This paper proposed the normal contact searching method (NCSM), a novel method to search for the wheel–rail contact point, which utilizes the normal maximum penetration distance between wheel and rail as the judgment condition. The… read more here.
Keywords: contact; contact point; wheel rail; rail contact ... See more keywords
When states and individuals meet: The UN Ombudsperson as a ‘contact point’ between international and world society
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DOI: 10.1177/0047117819856402
Abstract: Interaction between individuals and states is considered a distinctive character of domestic politics, while international politics is the ‘realm of states’. However, it is becoming more common to encounter loci where both states and individuals… read more here.
Keywords: contact point; states individuals; world; individuals states ... See more keywords
Demonstration of three-dimensional contact point determination and contour reconstruction during active whisking behavior of an awake rat
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007763
Abstract: The rodent vibrissal (whisker) system has been studied for decades as a model of active touch sensing. There are no sensors along the length of a whisker; all sensing occurs at the whisker base. Therefore,… read more here.
Keywords: whisker; rat; contact; contact point ... See more keywords