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Developing test methods for compression after lightning strikes (2023)
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Xu, X., Millen, S. L. J., Lee, J., Abdelal, G., Mitchard, D., Wisnom, M. R., & Murphy, A. (2023). Developing test methods for compression after lightning strikes. Applied Composite Materials, 30(2), 539-556. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10443-022-10100-w

Research into residual strength after lightning strike is increasing within the literature. However, standard test methods for measuring residual compressive strength after lightning strikes do not exist. For the first time, a systematic experimental... Read More about Developing test methods for compression after lightning strikes.

Mechanical characterization of high volume fraction Al7075-Al2O3 composite fabricated by semisolid powder processing (2023)
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Aghajani, S., Pouyafar, V., Meshkabadi, R., Volinsky, A. A., & Bolouri, A. (2023). Mechanical characterization of high volume fraction Al7075-Al2O3 composite fabricated by semisolid powder processing. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 125, 2569–2580. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-023-10881-9

The mechanical properties and physical characteristics of aluminum alloy composites can be significantly improved by adding reinforcing phases. However, the high loading of the reinforcement phase in Al7075-Al2O3 composites has not been thoroughly st... Read More about Mechanical characterization of high volume fraction Al7075-Al2O3 composite fabricated by semisolid powder processing.

Investigation of the equivalent mechanical properties of the bone-inspired composite cellular structure: Analytical, numerical and experimental approaches (2023)
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Ghorbani, F., Gharehbaghi, H., Farrokhabadi, A., & Bolouri, A. (2023). Investigation of the equivalent mechanical properties of the bone-inspired composite cellular structure: Analytical, numerical and experimental approaches. Composite Structures, 309, 116720. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2023.116720

This study investigated the development of an analytical model using the energy method and Castigliano's second theory to evaluate the equivalent mechanical properties for a bone-inspired cellular structure of a glass fiber-reinforced Polylactic Acid... Read More about Investigation of the equivalent mechanical properties of the bone-inspired composite cellular structure: Analytical, numerical and experimental approaches.

Fire risk assessment of historic urban aggregates: An application to the Yungay neighborhood in Santiago, Chile (2023)
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Palazzi, N. C., Baquedano Juliá, P. B., Ferreira, T. M., Rosas, J., Monsalve, M., & de la Llera, J. C. (2023). Fire risk assessment of historic urban aggregates: An application to the Yungay neighborhood in Santiago, Chile. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 86(15), Article 103550. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103550

Concern for the preservation of historic urban centers has become an issue of international relevance, not only because of their irreplaceable cultural value, but also because of their potential positive role for the sustainable development of countr... Read More about Fire risk assessment of historic urban aggregates: An application to the Yungay neighborhood in Santiago, Chile.

A gripper-like exoskeleton design for robot grasping demonstration (2023)
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Dai, H., Lu, Z., He, M., & Yang, C. (2023). A gripper-like exoskeleton design for robot grasping demonstration. Actuators, 12(1), 39. https://doi.org/10.3390/act12010039

Learning from demonstration (LfD) is a practical method for transferring skill knowledge from a human demonstrator to a robot. Several studies have shown the effectiveness of LfD in robotic grasping tasks to improve the success rate of grasping and t... Read More about A gripper-like exoskeleton design for robot grasping demonstration.

Investigation of fracture process zone development in quasi-isotropic carbon/epoxy laminates using in situ and ex situ X-ray Computed Tomography (2022)
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Xu, X., Takeda, S. I., & Wisnom, M. R. (2023). Investigation of fracture process zone development in quasi-isotropic carbon/epoxy laminates using in situ and ex situ X-ray Computed Tomography. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 166, Article 107395. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2022.107395

Trans-laminar fracture toughness is an important property of laminated composites and examining the fracture process zone at the tip of a crack is key to understanding it. To date, little research has been done on in-depth examination of the early fr... Read More about Investigation of fracture process zone development in quasi-isotropic carbon/epoxy laminates using in situ and ex situ X-ray Computed Tomography.

Improved impact damage resistance of tapered composite laminates using a ply scarfing technique (2022)
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Gordon, T., Xu, X., Wisnom, M., Hallett, S., & Kim, B. C. (2023). Improved impact damage resistance of tapered composite laminates using a ply scarfing technique. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 166, 107391. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2022.107391

This paper presents an experimental investigation into the effect of scarfed ply drops on the low velocity impact response of asymmetrically tapered, multi-directional, carbon/epoxy laminates, in comparison with that of conventional ply drops. Impact... Read More about Improved impact damage resistance of tapered composite laminates using a ply scarfing technique.

One-shot domain-adaptive imitation learning via progressive learning applied to robotic pouring (2022)
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Zhang, D., Fan, W., Lloyd, J., Yang, C., & Lepora, N. F. (2024). One-shot domain-adaptive imitation learning via progressive learning applied to robotic pouring. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 21(1), 541 - 554. https://doi.org/10.1109/TASE.2022.3220728

Traditional deep learning-based visual imitation learning techniques require a large amount of demonstration data for model training, and the pre-trained models are difficult to adapt to new scenarios. To address these limitations, we propose a unifi... Read More about One-shot domain-adaptive imitation learning via progressive learning applied to robotic pouring.

A trajectory and force dual-incremental robot skill learning and generalization framework using improved dynamical movement primitives and adaptive neural network control (2022)
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Lu, Z., Wang, N., Li, Q., & Yang, C. (2023). A trajectory and force dual-incremental robot skill learning and generalization framework using improved dynamical movement primitives and adaptive neural network control. Neurocomputing, 521, 146-159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucom.2022.11.076

Due to changes in the environment and errors that occurred during skill initialization, the robot's operational skills should be modified to adapt to new tasks. As such, skills learned by the methods with fixed features, such as the classical Dynamic... Read More about A trajectory and force dual-incremental robot skill learning and generalization framework using improved dynamical movement primitives and adaptive neural network control.

Pressure and angle sensors with optical fiber for instrumentation of the PrHand hand prosthesis (2022)
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Arco, L. D., Pontes, M. J., Segatto, M. E. V., Monteiro, M. E., Cifuentes, C. A., & Díaz, C. A. R. (2022). Pressure and angle sensors with optical fiber for instrumentation of the PrHand hand prosthesis. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2407(1), 012010. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2407/1/012010

The principal cause of upper limb amputations is due to traumatism. The prosthesis is an assistive device to help in the activities of daily for the amputee person. However, one of the latest reports shows that in developing countries there are aroun... Read More about Pressure and angle sensors with optical fiber for instrumentation of the PrHand hand prosthesis.