Abstract: This paper proposes a friction model parameter identification routine that can work with highly nonlinear and chaotic systems. The chosen system for this study is a passively-actuated tilted ...

Bridges play a critical role in transportation infrastructure, and ensuring their safety is a key concern for structural engineers. Various seismic isolation techniques have been introduced to ...

Low-cost base isolation technology as a means of protection from earthquakes developed at BITS-Pilani Hyderabad Campus can be effectively used to retrofit existing buildings, significantly enhancing ...

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Elastomeric bearing is the most widely used base isolator. This isolation system consists of a layer either made of natural or synthetic rubber sandwiched between the mild steel plates. This together ...

It’s high time we put the most enduring myths about human behavior to bed, and see the mind—and the world—as it is. Martin Seligman, the father of Positive psychology, has taken a step back to look ...

Abstract: Three dimensional (3D) overhead crane is a typical multi-input multi-output (MIMO) and underactuated mechatronic system. Complex double spherical pendulum dynamics and varying cable length ...

This is an opinion editorial by Dr. Riste Simnjanovski, a tenured professor of public administration with California Baptist University. Vinyl records should be obsolete, however Jack White, Ben ...