This chapter presents an application of zero-power controlled magnetic levitation for active vibration control. Vibration isolation are strongly required in the field of high-resolution measurement and micromanufacturing, for instance, in the submicron semiconductor chip manufacturing, scanning probe microscopy, holographic interferometry, cofocal optical imaging, etc. to obtain precise and rep...

and Applied Analysis 3 island of Taiwan. In this study, the chosen Kaohsiung Luchu science park is one of the major parks located in the southern part of Taiwan. This park has a total area of 571 hectares, which started construction in the year of 2001 and was completed in 2010. Various hightech industries, such as integrated circuits, precision machines, optoelectronic components, computer per...

1.1 Fluorescence phenomenon The absorption and subsequent emission of light by organic and inorganic specimens is typically the result of physical phenomena known as luminescence, which occurs at electronically excited states. Luminescence is formally divided into two categories: fluorescence and phosphorescence, depending on the nature of the excited state. Fluorescence occurs when a photon ex...

Ground-borne vibration excited by metro traffic is becoming a more and more important problem for the rapidly developing transport system in urban areas and increasing public concern about environmental problems. In order to attenuate the vibration influence down to an acceptable level, floating slab track have been applied worldwide on metro line. An analytical dynamic model is employed in thi...

To improve the response of an autonomous ground vehicle (AGV) as it seeks to complete an outdoor mission, the control system of the vehicle should vary as it encounters specific terrains such as sand, gravel, mud, or ice. To determine when to switch the control system it is beneficial to have accurate and fast online terrain classification. The earliest terrain classification algorithms were vi...

We constructed a force treadmill to measure the vertical, horizontal and lateral components of the ground-reaction forces (Fz, Fy, Fx, respectively) and the ground-reaction force moments (Mz, My, Mx), respectively exerted by walking and running humans. The chassis of a custom-built, lightweight (90 kg), mechanically stiff treadmill was supported along its length by a large commercial force plat...