Lie Yu, Jianbin Zheng, Yang Wang, Enqi Zhan and Qiuzhi Song
The purpose of this paper is to present a direct force control which uses two closed-loop controller for one-degree-of-freedom human-machine system to synchronize the human…
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to present a direct force control which uses two closed-loop controller for one-degree-of-freedom human-machine system to synchronize the human position and machine position, and minimize the human-machine force. In addition, the friction is compensated to promote the performance of the human-machine system.
Design/methodology/approach
The dynamic of the human-machine system is mathematically modeled. The control strategy is designed using two closed-loop controllers, including a PID controller and a PI controller. The frictions, which exist in the rotary joint and the hydraulic wall, are compensated separately using the Friedland’s observer and Dahl’s observer.
Findings
When human-machine system moves at low velocity, there exists a significant amount of static friction that hinders the system movements. The simulation results show that the system gives a better performance in human-machine position synchronization and human-machine force minimization when the friction is compensated.
Research limitations/implications
The acquired results are based on simulation not experiment.
Originality/value
This paper is the first to apply the electrohydraulic servo systems to both actuate the human-machine system, and use the direct force control strategy consisting of two closed-loop controllers. It is also the first to compensate the friction both in the robot joint and hydraulic wall.
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Jinyu Yang, Bin Liu and Lihua Yuan
This paper comes to the point from the tax competition of local government in investment promotion and capital introduction. This paper aims to empirically examine the internal…
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Purpose
This paper comes to the point from the tax competition of local government in investment promotion and capital introduction. This paper aims to empirically examine the internal mechanism of enterprises obtaining land resources from local government and its resulting equity investment increase and economic consequences of overinvestment.
Design/methodology/approach
The data of China’s A-share listed companies from 2007 to 2014 were used to test the relationship between the increase in enterprise equity investment and the acquisition of land resources and overinvestment. The descriptive statistics, correlation analysis and least squares linear regression were used to solve the above question.
Findings
One of the reasons for the enterprise equity increase is to obtain scarce land resources. The enterprise acquisition for land resources leads to overinvestment. The equity investment increase from obtaining land resources will further stimulate enterprise group to overinvest.
Research limitations/implications
The authors could not get the actual data of land that subsidiaries have obtained directly. In this research, the authors get the data using consolidated statements and subsidiary statements indirectly.
Practical implications
The results make contributions to the influencing factors and economic consequence of the enterprise investment structural deviation.
Social implications
It provides reference to optimize the “interaction” relationship between government and enterprises.
Originality/value
It identified the “dual-channel” conduction mechanism between land resource acquisition and enterprise overinvestment.
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Heping Liu, Sanaullah, Angelo Vumiliya and Ani Luo
The aim of this article is to obtain a stable tensegrity structure by using the minimum knowledge of the structure.
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Purpose
The aim of this article is to obtain a stable tensegrity structure by using the minimum knowledge of the structure.
Design/methodology/approach
Three methods have been formulated based on the eigen value decomposition (EVD) and singular value decomposition theorems. These two theorems are being implemented on the matrices, which are computed from the minimal data of the structure. The required minimum data for the structure is the dimension of the structure, the connectivity matrix of the structure and the initial force density matrix computed from the type of elements. The stability of the structure is analyzed based on the rank deficiency of the force density matrix and equilibrium matrix.
Findings
The main purpose of this article is to use the defined methods to find (1) the nodal coordinates of the structure, (2) the final force density values of the structure, (3) single self-stress from multiple self-stresses and (4) the stable structure.
Originality/value
By using the defined approaches, one can understand the difference of each method, which includes, (1) the selection of eigenvalues, (2) the selection of nodal coordinates from the first decomposition theorem, (3) the selection of mechanism mode and force density values further and (4) the solution of single feasible self-stress from multiple self-stresses.