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Modelling study of liquid crystals orientation in the presence of corrosion potential
(2010)
The anchoring and orientation of liquid crystal (LC) molecules are influenced by several parameters. This paper presents theoretical work that aims to explain how surface changes and potential due to corrosion, affect the ...
Regional elastic modulus measurements of the ex-vivo murine heart using atomic force microscopy
(2013)
Stiffness is an important mechanical index for characterisation of human and animal cells, tissues and intact organs. This study presents efforts for passive mechanical characterisation of the ex-vivo C57BL/6 murine heart ...
Thin liquid crystal film for corrosion sensing
(2008)
The anchoring energy of Liquid Crystals (LCs) is influenced by several parameters. Many scientists have exploited LCs anchoring in order to develop several LC based optical sensors. This paper proposes and proves a new ...
Uncertain systems: Modelling and updating
(Affiliation: Departament of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Cyprus, 1678, Nicosia, PortugalAffiliation: Department of Engineering, University of Liverpool, L69 3GH, Liverpool, United KingdomCorrespondence Address: Kyprianou, A.Departament of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Cyprus, 1678, Nicosia, Portugalemail: akyp@ucy.ac.cy, 2011)
In this article a new method, which relies on the concept of density matrix, for modelling un- certain vibrating structures is presented. The density matrix is defined as the product of the normalized to unity mode shape ...
Structural modification. Part 2: Assignment of natural frequencies and antiresonances by an added beam
(2005)
In this paper the inverse structural modification problem is solved in order to determine the dimensions of the cross-section of a beam that when added to an original structure will assign natural frequencies or antiresonances ...
Minimum relative entropy criterion for damage detection and location
(2007)
Relative entropy has been employed, as an alternative to other regularization methods, in solving ill-conditioned linear inverse problems. Damage detection when treated as structural modification imparted by the damage ...
Assignment of natural frequencies by an added mass and one or more springs
(2004)
The problem of assigning natural frequencies to a multi-degree-of-freedom undamped system by an added mass connected by one or more springs is addressed. The added mass and stiffnesses are determined using receptances from ...
Minimum relative entropy criterion for damage detection and location
(2007)
Relative entropy has been employed, as an alternative to other regularization methods, in solving ill-conditioned linear inverse problems. Damage detection when treated as structural modification imparted by the damage ...
Disturbance attenuation of uncertain beams
(Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 2008)
In control theory disturbance attenuation is analyzed by the H8 theory and through certain dissipation inequalities. Even though this theory has been applied in controlling deterministic vibrating structures the control ...