Parallel mechanisms driven by fixed linear actuators promise high speed and high output, thanks to lightweight movable parts. Several types of mechanism applying this mechanical principle are already known. Although these have different methods of actuator arrangement, they may be considered the same mechanism since they can be treated using the same kinematics. However, it is not known how the...

Selective filtering of spectral and angular optical transmission has recently attracted a great deal of interest. While optical passband and stop-band spectral filters are already widely used, angle-selective transmission and reflection filtering represents a less than fully explored alternative. Nonetheless, this approach can be promising for several applications, including stray radiation min...

In this study, an expert system was developed for a quadricycle four bar mechanism with control of transmission angle. Different types of available synthesis methods are studied and the suitable synthesis procedure is selected for developing the expert system.

Explicit and compact expressions describing the reflection and the transmission of a Gaussian beam by anisotropic parallel plates are given. Multiple reflections inside the plate are taken into account as well as arbitrary optical axis orientation and angle of incidence.

Power electronic devices are non-linear loads that create harmonic distortion and can be susceptible to voltage dips if not adequately protected. The most common economically damaging power quality problem encountered involves the use of variable-speed drives. Variable-speed motor drives or inverters are highly susceptible to voltage dip disturbances and cause particular problems in industrial ...

In wireless sensor network, where nodes are power driven by batteries and it is important to prolong the network lifetime by minimize the energy consumption of each node. Thus the choice of optimal transmission power is one of the prime concerns in such network. Optimal transmission power is the minimum power required to sustain the network connectivity while maintain the predetermined maximum ...

the effect of pre-existing nano sized precipitates on the mechanisms and rate of grain refinement has been investigated during the severe plastic deformation. a binary al–0.2sc alloy, containing coherent al3sc particles, of 3.62 nm in diameter has been deformed by accumulative roll bonding up to 10 cycles. the resulting deformed structures were quantitatively analyzed using electron backscatter...

Flexible AC transmission systems (FACTS) devices can control power flow in the transmission system to voltage source as it can inject an almost sinusoidal voltage of variable and controllable amplitude and phase angle, in series with a transmission line. Most of the injected voltage, which is in quadrature with the line current, provides the effect of inserting an inductive or capacitive reacta...