4 papers
Control of Soft Pneumatic Actuators with Approximated Dynamical Modeling
Wu-Te Yang, Burak Kurkcu, Motohiro Hirao +5
This paper introduces a full system modeling strategy for a syringe pump and soft pneumatic actuators(SPAs). The soft actuator is conceptualized as a beam structure, utilizing a se…
Aperiodicity is all you need: Aperiodic monotiles for high-performance composites
Jiyoung Jung, Ailin Chen, Grace X. Gu
This study introduces a novel approach to composite design by employing aperiodic monotiles, shapes that cover surfaces without translational symmetry. Using a combined computation…
Nature-inspired three-dimensional surface serration topologies enable silent flight by suppressing airfoil-turbulence interaction noise
Zixiao Wei, Stanley Wang, Sean Farris +6
As natural predators, owls fly with astonishing stealth due to the sophisticated serrated surface morphology of their feathers that produces advantageous flow characteristics and f…
Generalized effective dynamic constitutive relation for heterogeneous media: Beyond the quasi-infinite and periodic limits
Jeong-Ho Lee, Zhizhou Zhang, Grace X. Gu
Dynamic homogenization theories are powerful tools for describing and understanding the behavior of heterogeneous media such as composites and metamaterials. However, a major chall…