Optimal control using particle swarm optimization (PSO) is put forward in a parallel hybrid hydraulic excavator (PHHE). A power-train mathematical model of PHHE is illustrated along with the analysis of components' parameters. Then, the optimal control problem is addressed, and PSO algorithm is introduced to deal with this nonlinear optimal problem which contains lots of inequality/equality con...

Magnetic particles of iron oxide have been increasingly used in medical diagnosis by magnetic resonance imaging and in cancer therapies involving targeted drug delivery and magnetic hyperthermia. In this study we report the preparation and characterization of iron oxide particles coated with bioceramic hydroxyapatite by spray-drying. The iron oxide magnetic particles (IOMP) were coated with hyd...

The aim of this study was to develop sustained release microspheres of capsicum oleoresin as an alternative to in-feed additives. Two spray-cooling technologies, a fluidized air bed using a spray nozzle system and a vibrating nozzle system placed on top of a cooling tower, were used to microencapsulate 20% of capsicum oleoresin in a hydrogenated, rapeseed oil matrix. Microencapsulation was inte...

This paper presents two time methods to identify weak non-linearities on damping and stiffness of a free vibrating system. Only the displacement is known. The first method is a direct parameter estimation method : using the measured displacement data of the system we obtain by numerical differentiation velocity and acceleration. A linear system containing the parameters is then derived. A least...

An identification algorithm for vibrating dynamic characterization by using artificial neural network is developed for multi-degree-of freedom systems. The over-fitting problem of classical back-propagation algorithm during neural network training is solved by using regularization procedure with regularized objective function. The practical application shows that the proposed training method is...

Passages of people or cattle through narrow entrances exits occur in manifold situations. They are difficult to study experimentally, because one has carefully separate objective, physical parameters from subjective, individual motivations, manners and temperament. Mechanically excited model systems can help discriminate some these classes parameters. We characterize active passive particles eq...

A common method used in tuning adaptive-passive tuned vibration neutralizers is to adjust its resonance frequency to match the excitation frequency, which has the characteristic that the phase angle between its vibrating mass and its support is −90 degrees. A sliding-Goertzel algorithm is presented and demonstrated for extracting the vibration signals at the frequency of interest. The benefit o...

This paper deals with the quantitative interpretation of time-average holograms of vibrating objects. It is shown that the images obtained during reconstruction of such holograms are modulated by a system of fringes described by the square of the zero-order Bessel function of the first kind. A procedure for quantitative interpretation of these fringes is described and illustrated with examples....

In this paper, an interpersonal communication method based on tactile beats when devices are established physical contact will be proposed. Tactile beats are a well-known phenomenon that describes frequency modulation occurs when vibrating objects with similar but not same operating frequencies are physically connected. Vibrating signals at each configuration (no contact and contact with same/d...