Piezo-actuated stages have become more and more promising in nanopositioning
applications due to the excellent advantages of the fast response time, large mechanical …

Due to the inherent nonlinear nature of magnetorheological (MR) dampers, one of the
challenging aspects for developing and utilizing these devices to achieve high performance …

Magnetorheological (MR) gels are a new class of MR composite materials that can
effectively address the issue of particle agglomeration in MR fluids, enhancing the …

In order to reduce the displacement demand of the isolation layer under strong earthquakes,
especially strong near fault pulse-like ground motions, the base isolation system-tuned mass …

The magnetic shape memory alloy based actuator (MSMA-BA) is an indispensable
component mechanism for high-precision positioning systems as it possesses the …

Accurate and efficient parameter identification along with uncertainty quantification in
nonlinear systems is crucial for enabling practical and reliable structural health monitoring …

Continuum robots with structural compliance have promising potential to operate in
unstructured environments. However, this structural compliance brings challenges to the …

In a standard design practice, it is often necessary to assemble engineered structures from
individually manufactured parts. Ideally, the assembled system should perform as if the …

One fundamental paradigm in engineering is to break a structure into simpler components in
order to simplify test and analysis. In the numerical world, this concept is the basis for finite …

Hysteresis is a natural phenomenon that widely exists in structural and mechanical systems.
The characteristics of structural hysteretic behaviors are complicated. Therefore, numerous …