The paper presents a methodology to enhance the stiffness analysis of parallel manipulators with parallelogram-based linkage. It directly takes into account the influence of the external loading and allows computing both the non-linear “load-deflection” relation and relevant rankdeficient stiffness matrix. An equivalent bar-type pseudo-rigid model is also proposed to describe the parallelogram ...

The direct problem of free vibration analysis via finite-element formulation is well known: the element mass and stiffness matrices are assembled to form the system mass and stiffness matrices; the problem is reduced to standard eigenvalue form; the eigenvalues and eigenvectors are found. The paper discusses some inverse problems relating to finite-element formulations for simple chain-like str...

This paper analyzes the effect of large wave numbers on the wavelet method for integral equations arising in electromagnetic applications. It is shown that the compression of the stiffness matrix deteriorates with increasing wave number, a characteristic that has been reported before in the literature. Here, however, the exact dependence on the wave number is calculated analytically for the two...

BACKGROUND The mechanical properties of cellular microenvironments play important roles in regulating cellular functions. Studies of the molecular response of endothelial cells to alterations in substrate stiffness could shed new light on the development of cardiovascular disease. Quantitative real-time PCR is a current technique that is widely used in gene expression assessment, and its accura...

In this paper we will present an adaptive wavelet scheme to solvethe generalized Stokes problem. Using divergence free wavelets, theproblem is transformed into an equivalent matrix vector system, thatleads to a positive definite system of reduced size for thevelocity. This system is solved iteratively, where the applicationof the infinite stiffness matrix, that is sufficiently compressible,is r...