Browsing Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering by Subject "kinematics"
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Evaluating Cervical Spine Response and Potential for Injury During Head-First Impact Loading Using a Finite Element Head-Neck Model
(University of Waterloo, 2022-02-04)Head-first impact (HFI) is caused by events such as rollover motor-vehicle accidents, falls, and sports, and can impose serious and detrimental hard and soft tissue injuries on the cervical spine. HFI is a loading condition ... -
Variable-Structure Cable-Driven Parallel Robots
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-16)Cable-driven parallel robots (CDPR) are a special class of robotic manipulators consisting of a rigid end effector suspended, constrained, and actuated by a number of length-varying cables. Since cable mass is typically ...