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On the application of RRSS motion

generation and RRSS Axode generation for
the design of a concept prosthetic knee
ABSTRACT
In this work, equation systems for RRSS motion generation and RRSS axode
generation are applied to produce a concept above the transfemoral amputation
prosthetic knee. First, an RRSS linkage is synthesized to approximate a series of
tibial positions during knee flexion. Next, the fixed and moving axodes of the
synthesized RRSS linkage are generated. Because the coupler motion of an
RRSS linkage can be replicated by rolling its moving axode over its fixed axode,
the axodes for the synthesized RRSS linkage are incorporated as gears to
produce a concept prosthetic knee. The resulting prosthetic knee approximates
the natural spatial motion of the tibia during knee flexion and extension (unlike
prosthetic knee designs that include simple pin joints).

Free vibration of a thermoelastic hollow

cylinder under two-temperature
generalized thermoelastic theory
ABSTRACT
The aim of this article is to study the exact solution for a free vibration in a
thermoelastic hollow cylinder, which is initially undeformed and at uniform
temperature. The formulation is applied in the context of two-temperature Green
and Naghdi (2TGNIII) theory. Both the inner and outer curved surfaces of the
cylinder are considered stress free and isothermal surfaces. The exact analytic
solutions are obtained with the use of eigenvalue approach. The dispersion
relations for the existence of various types of possible modes of vibrations in the
considered hollow cylinder are derived in a compact form. The validation of the
roots for the dispersion relation are presented. The numerical results of natural
frequency, thermoelastic damping and frequency shift of vibrations have been
presented graphically.
Dynamic characteristics and frequency
response function for frame with dampers
with uncertain design parameters
ABSTRACT

The influence of uncertain design parameters on dynamic characteristics and the

frequency response function is considered in this paper. A structure with
dampers modeled as a shear frame is analyzed. The dampers properties of
dampers are described by fractional derivatives. The design parameters of the
considered structure change only in a specified range and the interval analysis is
taken into account in calculating the lower and upper bounds of dynamic
characteristics. Several methods are used to obtain the limit values of objective
functions: the vertex method and the method of approximation using the first- and
the second-order Taylor series expansion. The vertex method is adopted as a
comparative method. Two examples are presented in order to illustrate the
considered methods. In the case of large uncertainties, the obtained results differ
from those obtained by means of the vertex method. Therefore, a new method
using the second-order Taylor series expansion is proposed. The method
consists of a sequence of changes of only one parameter and requires much
fewer combinations when the number of uncertain design parameters is high.

KEYWORDS: Fractional models of dampers, interval analysis, structures with

dampers, uncertainty of design parameters