Three-dimensional kinematics of body targets are frequently tracked during vehicle impact tests using instrumented cubes. While the components of linear acceleration and angular velocity are recorded in a cube local coordinate system, transformation to a global coordinate system is required to reconstruct the whole body motions. This paper presents a methodology for local-to-global kinematic tr...

In the early 1960s, the Inertial Navigation System (INS) was developed by Litton Industries. INS is a sensor-based, self-contained, dead-reckoning positioning system which uses a computer, motion sensors and rotation sensors to perform continuous positioning. The computation of position, velocity and attitude information of moving objects in INS is different fromGPS-based methods. This informat...

The purpose of this study was to examine the ability of a video-based, computer-interfaced motion analysis system to provide reliable data. Ten subjects with no significant orthopedic or neurological dysfunction and ranging in age from 22 to 45 years (mean = 29.6, SD = 7.8) were tested. Retroreflective markers were placed on the posterior shank and foot of each subject. Footswitches were attach...

A method has been developed to measure the phase velocity of laser generated and detected surface acoustic waves. An optical grating produced by an electronically addressable spatial light modulator (SLM) was imaged onto the sample surface to generate surface acoustic waves whose frequency and wavefront was controlled by the SLM. When the grating period matched the surface acoustic wavelength, ...

The angular momentum, angular velocity, Kelvin circulation, and vortex velocity vectors of a quantum Riemann rotor are proven to be either (1) aligned with a principal axis or (2) lie in a principal plane of the inertia ellipsoid. In the second case, the ratios of the components of the Kelvin circulation to the corresponding components of the angular momentum, and the ratios of the components o...

In this study, dynamic behavior of safety mechanism of a mechanical controller is investigated using 3D-FE simulation. This paper is concentrated on controller of a high acceleration projectile. The controller is located in the top of the projectile. Safety mechanism is divided to deformable and rigid parts. Deformable and rigid parts are simulated in Abaqus and Adams commercial soft wares; res...

The problem of concentric pervious spheres carrying a fluid source at their centre and rotating slowly with different uniform angular velocities Ω1, Ω2 about a diameter has been studied. The analysis reveals that only azimuthal component of velocity exists, and the couple, rate of dissipated energy is found analytically in the present situation. The expression of couple on inner sphere rotating...

Analysis of the aerodynamic forces acting on baseball pitches from major league games reveals a large variance in the measured coefficients of lift and drag. We have examined possible explanations for this effect and found that, while uncertainties introduced by measurement error and the method of reporting major league pitch trajectories do explain some of the spread, the reasons for the large...

A flywheel angular velocity model for misfire and disturbance simulation is presented. Applications of the model are, for example, initial parameter calibration and robustness analysis of misfire detection algorithms. An analytical cylinder pressure model is used to model cylinder torque and a multi-body model with torsional flexibilities is used to model crankshaft and driveline oscillations. ...