Robotics/Terradynamics/Smart Materials

 2019

1. Development of a smart rubber joint for train using shear thickening fluids,Jian Yang, Shuaishuai Sun*, Ning Guo, Donghong Ning, Masami Nakano, Zhixiong Li, Haiping Du,Shiwu Zhang* and Weihua Li*, Smart Materials and Structures, 2019.11
 

2. Aerial Grasping with a Lightweight Manipulator Based on Multi-Objective Optimization and Visual Compensation, Haoyao Chen, Fengyu Quan, Linxu Fang, and Shiwu Zhang*,Sensors, 2019, 19, 4253



3. Magnetically Driven Undulatory Microswimmers Integrating Multiple Rigid Segments,Pan Liao, Liuxi Xing, S Zhang*, Dong Sun*,Small 2019, 15, 1901197



4. Development and evaluation of a highly adaptive MRF-based absorber with a large effective frequency range. Jian Yang, Shuaishuai Sun*, Donghong Ning, Zhixiong Li, Lei Deng, Christie Matthew, Haiping Du,S Zhang, Weihua Li. Smart Materials and Structures 28 105003, 2019




 5. A magnetorheological elastomer rail damper for wideband attenuation of rail noise and vibration.S.S. Sun*, J. Yang, T. Yildirim, D. Ning, X. Zhu, H. DuShiwu Zhang*, M. Nakano and W.H. Li , Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Vol. 31(2): 220-228, 2020



6. Rotation of Liquid Metal Droplets Solely Driven by the Action of Magnetic Fields,J Shu, SY Tang*, S Zhao, Z Feng, H Chen, X Li*, W Li, Shiwu Zhang*,Applied Sciences 9 (7), 1421, 2019





7. Experimental testing and modelling of a rotary variable stiffness and damping shock absorber using magnetorheological technology,L Deng, S Sun*, MD Christie, J Yang, D Ning, X Zhu, H Du, S.W. Zhang*, W Li,Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 30(10): 1453-1465, 2019.



8. Review of Structural Control Technologies Using Magnetorheological Elastomers, Jian Yang, Shuaishuai Sun,Shiwu Zhang*,Weihua Li.Current Smart Materials, Volume 4, Number 1, 2019, pp. 22-28(7)



9. A highly stiffness-adjustable robot leg for enhancing locomotive performance,M.D.Christie, S.Sun*, D.H.Ning, H.Du, Shiwu Zhang*, W.H.Li. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, Volume 126, Pages 458-468, 2019



10. Magnetically- and Electrically-Controllable Functional Liquid Metal Droplets, Fangxia Li, Shaolong Kuang, Xiangpeng Li*, Jian Shu, Weihua Li, Shi-Yang Tang*, and Shiwu Zhang*, , Advanced Materials Technologies, 1800694, 2019 (Best of Advanced Materials Technologies 2019)



11. A new generation of magnetorheological vehicle suspension system with tunable stiffness and damping characteristics, Shuaishuai Sun, Xin Tang, Jian Yang, Donghong Ning, Haiping Du,Shiwu Zhang*, , Weihua Li*, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics 15(8): 4696 - 4708, 2019



12. A Variable Resonance Magnetorheological-fluid-based Pendulum Tuned Mass Damper for Seismic Vibration Suppression,,M.D.Christie, S. Sun*, L.Deng, D.H.Ning, H.Du, Shiwu Zhang*,  W.H.Li, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing Vol.116: 530-544 , 2019



13. A Controllable Untethered Vehicle Driven by Electrically Actuated Liquid Metal Droplets,, Xiangxiang Li, Jie Xie, Shi-Yang Tang, Ronald Xu, Xiangpeng Li*, Weihua Li and Shiwu Zhang*,  IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics15(5): 2535-2543, 2019



14. Design and Implementation of a Soft Robotic Arm Driven by SMA Coils,, Hao Yang, Min Xu*, Weihua Li and Shiwu Zhang*,  . IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 66(8): 6108-6116, 2019



15.The Variable Resonance Magnetorheological Pendulum Tuned Mass Damper: Mathematical Modelling and Seismic Experimental Studies, M. D. Christie, S. Sun*, L. Deng, D. H. Ning, H. Du,  Shiwu Zhang* and W. H. Li, Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 31:263-276, 2020.01