Due to their dual behavior under tension and compression, structures with tension-only members show non-linear behavior. To analize such structures, it is necessary to use a nonlinear analysis scheme. Nonlinear analysis methods generally use gradual loading techniques with/without modification of stiffness matrix of the structure. These methods, in addition to being time consuming algorithms, a...

A new method based on a two-angle approach is developed to determine the lidar solution constant from scanning elastic lidar data, hence providing a relative calibration for each lidar scan. Once the solution constant is determined, the vertical profiles of atmospheric extinction can be calculated. With this calibration method a minimization technique is used that replaces the linear regression...

We propose a torque overlay based robust steering wheel angle control of electric power steering (EPS) for lateral control using backstepping design. The main contribution of this paper is that the proposed method is designed based on torque overlay and that the global uniform ultimate boundedness of the steering wheel angle tracking error is guaranteed using only steering wheel angle feedback ...

This paper proposes new visual features for audio-visual speech recognition using lip information extracted from side-face images. In order to increase the noise-robustness of speech recognition, we have proposed an audio-visual speech recognition method using speaker lip information extracted from side-face images taken by a small camera installed in a mobile device. Our previous method used o...

This paper explores in details the capabilities of two model reduction techniques – the Spectral Reduced Order Model (Spectral–ROM) and the Proper Generalised Decomposition (PGD) – to numerically solve moisture diffusion problems. Both techniques assume separated tensorial representation of the solution by a finite sum of function products. The Spectral–ROM fixes a set of spatial basis function...

A novel phase interferometer method based on virtual baseline is proposed for technical difficulty in resolving angle ambiguity and antenna layout. In this method, only two baselines are set to solve the problem of angle ambiguity. In high noise areas, there are large numbers of outliers which lead to angle error in the measured data, and a way to detect and eliminate the outliers is applied to...

objective(s) the objective of this study was to document and explain bilateral differences in the q angle. materials and methods two hundred limbs of healthy adult indian volunteers were studied. the q angle was measured using a goniometric method with the subjects supine, quadriceps relaxed and lower limbs in neutral rotation. the relative lateral placement of the tibial tuberosity with respec...