DIC Based Strain and Damage Analysis of Large Scale Steel to Composite Adhesive Joints Subjected to Tension and Compression Loading

This paper reports an experimental study of the mechanical response to tensile and compressive force of large scale steel to composite joints adhesively bonded with a thin layer of vinylester resin.In one specimen,the length of the reinforcing fibres in contact with the steel substrate has been reduced by saw cutting at both ends of the joint.This damaged specimen and four intact specimens were subjected to quasi-static tensile testing;six specimens were used for compression testing.The strain distribution at the composite surface and at the steel to hardwood connection of the specimen was monitored by digital image correlation(DIC).DIC allowed identifying the onset of damage in the tensile tested joints near the interface of the composite layer and the steel-hardwood connection.Both tensile and compression tested specimens failed due to significant peel strain concentration at the composite near the connection of steel and hardwood.The average strength of a specimen tested in compression was about 66%higher than the average strength of a specimen tested in tension.The strain concentration zone in the damaged specimen was away from the introduced saw cuts.As a result the damaged and intact tensile specimens showed the same failure strength and stiffness.All specimens failed by adhesive failure between the composite-hardwood interface.

LQG Controller Design Applied to a Pneumatic Stewart-Gough Platform

This paper is concerned with the practical application control of a pneumatically actuated Stewart-Gough platform with 6-degrees of freedom （6-DOF）. The control approach for motion control of the platform is presented using a modern control technique, namely, linear quadratic Gaussinn （LQG） with reference tracking. The LQG controller is the combination of a Kalman filter, i.e., a linear-quadratic estimator （LQE） with a linear-quadratic regulator （LQR）. The robustness of the control scheme is accessed under various load conditions, and the experimental results are shown.

A review of dual-spin projectile stability

This paper gives a succinct review of dual-spinprojectile stability and some technologies relating to them.It describes how the traditional stability factors from linear projectile theory are modified to better describe a controlled dual-spin projectile.Finally,it reviews works which have investigated how different aspects of a controlled dual-spin design can affect flight stability,primarily airframe structure and canard properties.A conclusion is given,highlighting important guidelines from the enclosed discussions.

国际微波年会（IMS）的学生设计竞赛

在过去十年中，每年在IEEE国际微波年会（International Microwave Symposium-IMS）上举办的学生设计竞赛已经成为IEEE微波理论和技术协会（MTT-S）最成功的创新之一。

Real-time,decentralized and bio-inspired topology control for holonomic autonomous vehicles

Purpose–This paper aims to present an approach for a bio-inspired decentralization topology control mechanism,called force-based genetic algorithm(FGA),where a genetic algorithm(GA)is run by each holonomic autonomous vehicle(HAV)in a mobile ad hoc network(MANET)as software agent to achieve a uniform spread of HAVs and to provide a fully connected network over an unknown geographical terrain.An HAV runs its own FGA to decide its next movement direction and speed based on local neighborhood information,such as obstacles and the number of neighbors,without a centralized control unit or global knowledge.Design/methodology/approach-The objective function used in FGA is inspired by the equilibrium of the molecules in physics where each molecule tries to be in the balanced position to spend minimum energy to maintain its position.In this approach,a virtual force is assumed to be applied by the neighboring HAVs to a given HAV.At equilibrium,the aggregate virtual force applied to an HAV by its neighbors should sum up to zero.If the aggregate virtual force is not zero,it is used as a fitness value for the HAV.The value of this virtual force depends on the number of neighbors within the communication range of Rcom and the distance among them.Each chromosome in our GA-based framework is composed of speed and movement direction.The FGA is independently run by each HAV as a topology control mechanism and only utilizes information from neighbors and local terrain to make movement and speed decisions to converge towards a uniform distribution of HAVs.The authors developed an analytical model,simulation software and several testbeds to study the convergence properties of the FGA.Findings-The paper finds that coverage-centric,bio-inspired,mobile node deployment algorithm ensures effective sensing coverage for each mobile node after initial deployment.The FGA is also an energy-aware self-organization framework since it reduces energy consumption by eliminating unnecessary excessive movements.Fault-tolerance is another important feature of the GA-based approach since the FGA is resilient to losses and malfunctions of HAVs.Furthermore,the analytical results show that the authors’bio-inspired approach is effective in terms of convergence speed and area coverage uniformity.As seen from the experimental results,the FGA delivers promising results for uniform autonomous mobile node distribution over an unknown geographical terrain.Originality/value-The proposed decentralized and bio-inspired approach for autonomous mobile nodes can be used as a real-time topology control mechanism for commercial and military applications since it adapts to local environment rapidly but does not require global network knowledge.