The dynamic response of a nonlinear system with three degrees of freedom, which is excited by nonideal excitation, is investigated. In the considered system the role of a nonideal source is played by a direct current motor, ...

The paper presents a hybrid finite element method of shell modeling in order to model collecting electrodes of electrostatic precipitators. The method uses the finite element method to reflect elastic features and the rigid ...

Analysis of a 3D spatial double physical pendulum system, coupled by two universal joints is performed. External excitation of the mechanism is realized by axial periodic rotations of the first joint of the pendulum. ...

The paper introduces a model of two identical coupled 4-DOF mechanical linear sliding systems with dry friction coupled with each other by a linear torsional spring. The appropriate components (bodies) of the coupled ...

The homogenization procedure is applied to strain analysis and optimal design of a Functionally Graded (FG) rod in the case when the inclusion size is essentially less than a distance between them. The method is illustrated ...

A contact problem for an elastic half-plane and an embedded rigid punch is studied. The employed mathematical model describes the behavior of a soil with embedded foundation. The analytical solution geverning the stress ...

In the paper, finite element analysis of the rib cage model is applied to recognize stress distributions and to determine the rate of bone fractures (especially for pathologically changed bones). Two thorax models are ...

Analysis of the gait stability of a man moving along an even surface with a constant velocity is presented. The stability criteria applied to biped robots, namely: the Zero Moment Point (ZMP) and the Ground projection of ...

The paper is focused on the power consumption analysis of different gaits of our constructed hexapod robot controlled by different Central Pattern Generator (CPG) models. There are a lot of gait patterns in the literature ...

A new dynamic two-dimensional friction model is developed which is based on the bristle theory. Actually it is the Reset Integrator Model converted into a two-dimensional space. Usually two-dimensional friction models ...