High-bandwidth nano-positioning stages (NPSs) have boosted the advancement of modern
ultra-precise, ultra-fast measurement and manufacturing technologies owing to their fast …

The functionality of a workspace is one of the most important considerations in planar
parallel manipulators (PPMs) design. Dexterous workspace (DW) is the subset of the …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose an energy harvester with quasi-zero
stiffness, capable of generating electricity effectively through large amplitude vibration at low …

In contrast to the disordered body-centered cubic (bcc) A2 phase, the ordered face-centered
cubic (fcc) L1 2 phase exhibits negative magnetostriction (λ) and has a high elastic modulus …

In this paper, it has been demonstrated that the tri-stable energy harvesters are more
efficient than the bi-stable and mono-stable harvesters in energy harvesting. The oscillators …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a three-dimensional vibration absorber
platform (TDVAP) for vibration caused by variable multiple frequency excitation and impulse …

Mass dampers usually aim to control the steady state vibration of harmonic excitation, but
few efforts have focused on suppressing the transient vibration caused by impulse …

It is widely demonstrated that the tuned mass dampers (TMDs) are efficient to suppress
resonant vibration, but the effective bandwidth is narrow and the robustness of the system is …

In this work, a helical ionic polymer metal composite (IPMC) was fabricated by thermal
treatment in a mold with helix grooves. The axial actuation behaviors of the helical IPMC …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to improve the ability of vibration suppressing and
energy harvesting for impulse, simultaneously. Methods The novel tri-stable vibration …