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Decentralized adaptive force/position control of reconfigurable manipulator based on soft sensors (2018)
Journal Article
Du, Y., & Zhu, Q. (2018). Decentralized adaptive force/position control of reconfigurable manipulator based on soft sensors. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, 232(9), 1260-1271. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959651818779848

© IMechE 2018. Two soft sensor control methods are proposed to deal with force/position control of reconfigurable manipulator without using wrist force sensors. First, modeling uncertainties and coupled interconnection terms between the subsystems ar... Read More about Decentralized adaptive force/position control of reconfigurable manipulator based on soft sensors.

Mathematical analysis of the male urine flow rate curve for differentiating between DU and BOO (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Li, R., Gammie, A., Zhu, Q., & Nibouche, M. (2018, June). Mathematical analysis of the male urine flow rate curve for differentiating between DU and BOO. Presented at ICI-RS pre-meeting 2018: The scientific basis of urology, The School of Physiology, Pharmacology & Neuroscience, University of Bristol

Mathematical analysis of the male urine flow rate curve for non-invasive differentiating between DU and BOO

Multivariance analysis on non-invasive urodynamic parameters for Differentiating DU with BOO in male (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Li, R., Gammie, A., Zhu, Q., & Nibouche, M. (2018, April). Multivariance analysis on non-invasive urodynamic parameters for Differentiating DU with BOO in male. Presented at United Kingdom Continence Society 2018 Conference: The First UK Pelvic Floor Summit, Telford, UK

Differentiating detrusor underactivity (DU) with bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) can only be done by pressure flow studies. Although a few parameters have been proposed for diagnosing voiding abnormalities, such as flow index1, Delta Q2, peak counti... Read More about Multivariance analysis on non-invasive urodynamic parameters for Differentiating DU with BOO in male.

Slat broadband noise prediction of multi-element 30P30N airfoil by a hybrid RANS-LES method (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Peng, T., Yao, Y., & Zhu, Q. (2018, March). Slat broadband noise prediction of multi-element 30P30N airfoil by a hybrid RANS-LES method. Paper presented at 53rd 3AF International Conference on Applied Aerodynamics, Salon de Provence, France

This paper presents a combined CFD and CAA study to assess the slat noise emissions from a multi-element 30P30N airfoil at the 5-degree and 8-degree angle of attack, using a hybrid RANS-LES method. In this simulation, the structured mesh is used and... Read More about Slat broadband noise prediction of multi-element 30P30N airfoil by a hybrid RANS-LES method.

Gradient-based particle filter algorithm for an ARX model with nonlinear communication output (2018)
Journal Article
Chen, J., Liu, Y., Ding, F., & Zhu, Q. (2018). Gradient-based particle filter algorithm for an ARX model with nonlinear communication output. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics: Systems, https://doi.org/10.1109/TSMC.2018.2810277

A stochastic gradient (SG)-based particle filter (SG-PF) algorithm is developed for an ARX model with nonlinear communication output in this paper. This ARX model consists of two submodels, one is a linear ARX model and the other is a nonlinear outpu... Read More about Gradient-based particle filter algorithm for an ARX model with nonlinear communication output.

Decomposition-based recursive least squares identification methods for multivariate pseudo-linear systems using the multi-innovation (2018)
Journal Article
Ma, P., Ding, F., & Zhu, Q. (2018). Decomposition-based recursive least squares identification methods for multivariate pseudo-linear systems using the multi-innovation. International Journal of Systems Science, 49(5), 920-928. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207721.2018.1433247

© 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This paper studies the parameter estimation algorithms of multivariate pseudo-linear autoregressive systems. A decomposition-based recursive generalised least squares algorithm is deduce... Read More about Decomposition-based recursive least squares identification methods for multivariate pseudo-linear systems using the multi-innovation.

Sulfur Flotation Performance Recognition Based on Hierarchical Classification of Local Dynamic and Static Froth Features (2018)
Journal Article
Wang, Y., Sun, B., Zhang, R., Zhu, Q., & Li, F. (2018). Sulfur Flotation Performance Recognition Based on Hierarchical Classification of Local Dynamic and Static Froth Features. IEEE Access, 6, 14019-14029. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2805265

© 2018 IEEE. This paper proposes a flotation performance recognition system based on a hierarchical classification of froth images using both local dynamic and static features, which includes a series of functions in image extraction, processing, and... Read More about Sulfur Flotation Performance Recognition Based on Hierarchical Classification of Local Dynamic and Static Froth Features.

U-model enhanced dynamic control of a heavy oil pyrolysis/cracking furnace (2018)
Journal Article
Zhu, Q., Zhao, D., Zhang, S., & Narayan, P. (2018). U-model enhanced dynamic control of a heavy oil pyrolysis/cracking furnace. IEEE Caa Journal of Automatica Sinica, 5(2), 577-586. https://doi.org/10.1109/JAS.2017.7510847

This paper proposes a case study in the control of a heavy oil pyrolysis/cracking furnace with a newly extended U-Model based Pole Placement Controller (U-PPC). The major work of the paper includes: 1. establishing a control oriented nonlinear dynami... Read More about U-model enhanced dynamic control of a heavy oil pyrolysis/cracking furnace.

Control of complex nonlinear dynamic rational systems (2018)
Journal Article
Zhu, Q., Li, L., Zhang, W., & Li, S. (2018). Control of complex nonlinear dynamic rational systems. Complexity, 2018(895303), https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/8953035

© 2018 Quanmin Zhu et al. Nonlinear rational systems/models, also known as total nonlinear dynamic systems/models, in an expression of a ratio of two polynomials, have roots in describing general engineering plants and chemical reaction processes. Th... Read More about Control of complex nonlinear dynamic rational systems.

A New Hydraulic Speed Regulation Scheme: Valve-Pump Parallel Variable Mode Control (2018)
Journal Article
Ding, H., Zhao, J., & Zhu, Q. (2018). A New Hydraulic Speed Regulation Scheme: Valve-Pump Parallel Variable Mode Control. IEEE Access, 6, 55257-55263. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2872605

© 2013 IEEE. To improve the comprehensive performances of hydraulic speed regulation systems, this paper proposes and develops a new control scheme, valve-pump parallel variable mode control, which can adopt different control modes in different speed... Read More about A New Hydraulic Speed Regulation Scheme: Valve-Pump Parallel Variable Mode Control.