Ecoflex silicone rubbers, served as the polymeric components of flexible electronic devices, actuators, energy converters, etc., are subjected to repetitive loadings during their service lives. The resulting stress softening and recovery phenomena can impose complicated impacts on actual performances. Therefore, importance a better understanding these needs be stressed. In this contribution, we...

The solution of nonlinear dynamic equilibrium equations using mode superposition and substructuring is studied. The objective is to design schemes that in some analyses can significantly decrease the computational effort involved when compared to a complete direct integration solution. Specific schemes for mode superposition analysis and substructuring are proposed. These techniques have been i...

This paper introduces a new decision procedure for PLTL based on labelled superposition. Its main idea is to treat temporal formulas as infinite sets of purely propositional clauses over an extended signature. These infinite sets are then represented by finite sets of labelled propositional clauses. The new representation enables the replacement of the complex temporal resolution rule, suggeste...

Topology preservation, the central feature of SOM, proves to be difficult to define and quantify. We propose new criteria and measurements for order preservation, based on the superposition of neuron cells in the input space. As an application, we establish a taxonomy of topological errors and disorder states and use it for error detection in 2-dimensional SOM during the first learning epochs.

The need for new tools for investigating biological systems on a large scale is becoming acute, particularly with respect to computationally intensive analyses such as comparisons of many three-dimensional protein structures. Structure superposition is a valuable approach for understanding evolutionary relationships and for the prediction of function. But while available tools are adequate for ...

DOI: 10.1002/smll.201400037 In nature, refl ecting superposition compound eyes (RSCEs) found in shrimps, lobsters and some other decapods are extraordinary imaging systems with numerous optical features such as minimum chromatic aberration, wide-angle fi eld of view (FOV), high sensitivity to light and superb acuity to motion. Here, we present lifesized, large-FOV, wide-spectrum artifi cial RSC...

This dissertation documents an inquiry into the geometric structure of the Spaces used to represent a 2-Dimensional Quantum State Space as it relates to Quantum Computation. In particular we investigate the possible applications of Professor NJ Wildberger’s Universal Hyperbolic Geometry and discover a genuinely intuitive method for constructing and hence visualising an otherwise abstract algebr...