简介:Inperiodiccellularstructures,novelpatterntransformationsaretriggeredbyareversibleelasticinstabilityundertheaxialcompression.Basedonthedeformation-triggerednewpattern,periodiccellularstructurescanachievespecialmechanicalproperties.Inthispaper,thedesignedarchitecturematerialswhichincludeelastomermatrixescontainingemptyholesorfilledholeswithhydrogelmaterialaremodeledandsimulatedtoinvestigatethemechanicalpropertyoftheperiodicmaterials.Byanalyzingtherelationshipbetweennominalstressandnominalstrainofperiodicmaterial,andthecorrespondingdeformedpatterns,theinfluenceofgeometryandshapesoftheholesonthemechanicalpropertyofarchitecturematerialisstudiedinmoredetails.Wehopethisstudycanprovidefutureperspectivesforthedeformation-triggeredperiodicstructures.
简介:Fieldcomputation,anemergingcomputationtechnique,hasinspiredpassionofintelligencescienceresearch.Anovelfieldcomputationmodelbasedonthemagneticfieldtheoryisconstructed.Theproposedmagneticfieldcomputation(MFC)modelconsistsofafieldsimulator,anon-derivativeoptimizationalgorithmandanauxiliarydataprocessingunit.ThemathematicalmodelisdeducedandprovedthattheMFCmodelisequivalenttoaquadraticdiscriminantfunction.Furthermore,thefiniteelementprototypeisderived,andthesimulatorisdeveloped,combiningwithparticleswarmoptimizerforthefieldconfiguration.Twobenchmarkclassificationexperimentsarestudiedinthenumericalexperiment,andonenotableadvantageisdemonstratedthatlesstrainingsamplesarerequiredandabettergeneralizationcanbeachieved.
简介:Objective:Neuronsinthecochlearnucleusshowdifferentresponsepatternstotheshorttonebursts.Becauseofthelimitationsofanimalexperiments,itishardtoexploretheprinciple.Therefore,usingamodeltosimulateCNneuronswillbeafeasibleway.Methods:Basedontheinitialmodelmentionedinthepreviousstudy,weproposedanimprovedCNmodelinMATLABR2012b.Results:Bymodifyingtheparametersofthemodelwefoundtheinterchangesamong"primary-like","chopper",and"onset"responsepatterns.Furthermore,wesimulatedthe"pauser"responsepatternbyaddinganextrainputinourmodel.Conclusion:TheresultsindicatethatthesynapticintegrationsandtheinputmodescangiverisetodifferentcharacteristicsofCNneurons,whicheventuallydeterminetheresponsepatternsofCNneurons.
简介:Thispaperpresentsacentralpatterngenerator(CPG)andvestibularreflexcombinedcontrolstrategyforaquadrupedrobot.Anoscillatornetworkandaknee-to-hipmappingfunctionarepresentedtorealizetherhythmicmotionforthequadrupedrobot.Atwo-phaseparametertuningmethodisdesignedtoadjusttheparametersofoscillatornetwork.First,basedonthenumericalsimulation,theinfluencesoftheparametersontheoutputsignalsareanalyzed,thenthegeneticalgorithm(GA)isusedtoevolvethephaserelationshipsoftheoscillatorstorealizethebasicanimal-likewalkingpattern.Moreover,theanimal'svestibularreflexmechanismismimickedtorealizetheadaptivewalkingofthequadrupedrobotonaslopeterrain.Coupledwiththesensoryfeedbackinformation,therobotcanwalkupanddowntheslopesmoothly.Thepresentedbio-inspiredcontrolmethodisvalidatedthroughsimulationsandexperimentswithAIBO.UnderthecontrolofthepresentedCPGandvestibularreflexcombinedcontrolmethod,AIBOcancopewithslipping,fallingdownandwalkonaslopesuccessfully,whichdemonstratestheeffectivenessoftheproposedwalkingcontrolmethod.
简介:Theresultsofatheoreticalstudyontheinfluenceofstrengthofinterphaseboundariesinmetal—ceramiccompositeonmacroscopicalcharacteristicsofcompositeresponsesuchasstrength,deformationcapacity,fractureenergyandfracturepatternarepresented.Thestudywasconductedbymeansofcomputer-aidedsimulationbymeansofmovablecellularautomatonmethodtakingaccountofadeveloped'mesoscopical'structuralmodelofparticle-reinforcedcomposite.Thestrengthofinterphaseboundariesisfoundtobeakeystructuralfactordeterminingnotonlythestrengthpropertiesofmetal—ceramiccomposite,butalsothepatternandrateoffracture.Theprinciplesforachievementofthehigh-strengthvaluesofparticle/binderinterfacesinthemetal—ceramiccompositionduetotheformationofthewidetransitionzones(areasofvariablechemicalcomposition)attheinterphaseboundariesarediscussed.Simulationresultsconfirmthatsuchtransitionzonesprovideachangeinfracturemechanismandmaketheachievementofahigh-strengthandahighdeformationcapacityofmetal—ceramiccompositepossible.