Measurement of dynamic characteristics of a steel-spring floating slab track and a monolithic roadbed track in a subway tunnel by Yongjian Zhou, Guan Xu, Tao Sheng, Hu Jiang, Chao Jin

“…Dynamic characteristics including wheel–rail interactions and vibration-damping effects of a steel-spring floating slab track were measured and compared with those of a monolithic roadbed track. …”
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Backlash Analysis of Gear Transmission of Parallel Uniform Planetary Gear by Guo Jing, Zhu Zengbao, Liu Chun, Zhang Biao

“…The influence of planetary wheel eccentricity error on the transmission system is between sun wheel and planet gear.…”
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Design and Analysis of the Tooth Profile of Double Generating-wave Swing-rod Movable Tooth Drive by Yi Yali, Shao Cang, Jin Herong, An Zijun

“…The tooth profile equation of wave generator is built,and the tooth profile equation of central wheel is deduced in detail based on converted gear train and envelope principle to get the same form theoretical tooth profile equations of wave generator and central wheel. …”
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Research of Meshing Characteristic of Circular Arc Tooth Trace Cylindrical Gear Processed by Parallel Link Mechanism Under Eccentricity Excitation by Dengqiu Ma, Zhenhuan Ye, Yongqiao Wei, Hang Yang, Changguo Yan, Xu Zhang, Xiaoyu Liu

“…Three working conditions of driving system， namely， the existence eccentricity of driving wheel， the existence eccentricity of driven wheel and the common eccentricity of driven and driven wheel are simulated to obtain the meshing characteristics of CATT gear under eccentric excitation. …”
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Cause and Possible Treatments of Foot Lesions in Captive Syrian Hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) by Mélisa Veillette, Julie Guitard, Stéphan G. Reebs

“…Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) run extensively in exercise wheels. This running may cause paw lesions. Three treatments of these wounds (topical application of vitamin E, wheel blocking, and a combination of both) were compared using both sexes. …”
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Study on the Effect of Clearance on Eliminating Flexible Impact of Series Geneva Mechanism by Zhao Yong, Huang Chunqiang, Yao Jin, Li Hua

“…The peak angular acceleration of the last stage geneva wheel is affected by the first stage pin- slot clearance more greatly than the second one. …”
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Interactive Influence Analysis of Tunnel Lateral Clearance on Driving Behavior Using Expressway Field Data by Li Wan, Mo Zhou, Ge Liu, Chang-An Zhang, Ying Yan

“…This study hired 15 random subjects to conduct real vehicle tests in eight tunnels on expressways with 3 design speeds by using a CAN-OBD analyzer and steering wheel angle meter. First, in five lateral clearance variation schemes, different speed characteristic indicators and steering wheel angles were selected as the indicators of driving behavior. …”
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A Dynamic Design Methodology for Large-Scale Complex Nonlinear Systems Based on Orthogonal Decomposition Technique by Qi-Bin Wang, Si-Yang Piao, Ming-Wei Piao, Peng Dang, Qiu-Ze Li, Jing-Ying Ren

“…Since the technical prototype of German ICE3 serial bogies has the design default of the primary hunting phenomenon, the improved design of the wheel-rail relationship has simply abandoned the high-quality technical resources of wheel-rail matching conditions at low conicity. …”
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Research on the Vibration Insulation of High-Speed Train Bogies in Mid and High Frequency by Jia Liu, Xuesong Jin

“…According to a large amount of the test data, the mid and high frequency vibrations of high-speed bogies are very notable, especially in the 565~616 Hz range, which are just the passing frequencies corresponding to the 22nd to 24th polygonal wear of the wheel. In order to investigate the main cause of wheel higher-order polygon formation, a 3D flexible model of a Chinese high-speed train bogie is developed using the explicit finite element method. …”
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INFLUENCE OF CONTACT STATE ON PROPAGATION PATH OF RAIL SURFACE CRACK by MENG RuiJun, ZHAO Rui, WEI XiaoGang

“…And the influence of wheel/rail contact state and multiple cracks on crack propagation path were analyzed. …”
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Improve Design and Analysis for the Drive and Speed Increasing Device of Bicycle by Sun Lihua, Guo Shaofei, Zhou Shijin, Zhang Baoqing

“…Aiming at the problem of the low driving efficiency of bicycle and difficulty to improve transmission ratio,the method of using reciprocating pedal drive method instead of traditional drive is proposed based on the analysis of the driving device and transmission structure of the traditional bicycle,by using planetary gear train placed inside the wheel for speeding up,the bicycle wheel reach high speeds with small size diameter is ensured.This structure device is reasonable and proved by simulated analysis of ADAMS software,and it is new view for small size folding design of bicycle.…”
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Effect of Axial Clearance on Volumetric Efficiency of Non-circular Planetary Gear Hydraulic Motors by Li Xiang, Peng Xianlong

“…Replacing the hydraulic oil in hydraulic motors with the natural water will lead to an increase in the leakage of the wheel train and a decrease in the volumetric efficiency of motors. …”
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Configuration Synthesis and Performance Analysis of Reconfigurable Decoupled Parallel Mobile Robots by Pan Wuxing, Li Ruiqin, Ning Fengping, Li Yanlong, Feng Xiaodong

“…To improve the carrying capacity of the robot, reduce the energy consumption of the driving motor and make the wheel-leg mode switching smooth and efficient, a reconfigurable decoupled parallel mobile robot configuration is proposed, and the configuration synthesis research and decoupling and singularity analysis are carried out. …”
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Research and Simulation of Key Bending Parameters of Suitable Diameter Oil and Gas Pipeline Cleaning Robots by Dai Yaonan, He Xinhu, Liu Ke, Yang Peiyan, Zhang Jiakang, Zheng Xiaotao, Gong Cheng

“…To improve the internal (variable diameter, bending) passage ability of oil and gas pipeline cleaning robots, this study proposes a multi-segment adaptive wheel-type pipeline cleaning robot. The robot adopts a two-segment structural design to reduce the turning radius of the robot, and realizes the self-adaptive movement of different pipe diameters within a certain range through the linear guide rail and wheel leg combination formed by the retractable walking mechanism design. …”
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Estimation of Wheelset Natural Vibration Characteristics Based on Transfer Matrix Method with Various Elastic Beam Models by Pengfei Liu, Hongjun Liu, Qing Wu

“…The elastic vibration of the wheelset is a potential factor inducing wheel-rail defects. It is important to understand the natural vibration characteristics of the flexible wheelset for slowing down the defect growth. …”
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Study on the Characteristics of Traction Forces Difference Asymmetric Steering Bogies by Yan Shi, Junxiong Hu, Weihua Ma

“…With SIMPACK, the multibody dynamics analysis software, three whole vehicle models of TFDA-bogies, radial bogies, and conventional bogies are set up and comparative analyses are made on the lead wheel angle of attack, lead wheel lateral force, lead wheel friction power, and total vehicle friction power under idle running condition and traction condition, respectively. …”
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Exercise on Striatal Dopamine Level and Anxiety-Like Behavior in Male Rats after 2-VO Cerebral Ischemia by Yongzhao Fan, Xiaoyang Kong, Kun Liu, Hao Wu

“…The purpose of this study was to discuss the effect of voluntary wheel running on striatal dopamine levels and anxiety-like behavior in rats with global cerebral ischemia. …”
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SIMULATION MODELS OF HEAVY TRUCKS TRAFFIC CONTROL WITH ELECTRIC DC DRIVE by N. N. Hurski, M Najjari

“…Design scheme of mobile machines include speed dial controller, traction electric motor, gearbox, transmission and progressively moving mass on the elastic­dissipative wheel. The results of the simulation of the machine in the form of temporary processes of change control signals, voltage and current in the windings of the motor and traction power developed on the wheel.…”
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Study on the Force Analysis of RV Transmission Mechanism by Xiaofen Ye, Min Zhu, Xinwen Chen, Yongshuai Meng, Feng Gong

“…The force analysis model of input shaft, planetary wheel, cycloidal wheel, needle tooth shell, crank shaft and planetary frame is established. …”
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Design of a Mobile Mechanical Structure for Agricultural Robots. by Musinguzi Bosco

“…Keywords Link mechanism, wheel arrangement selection, crop spacing, steering mechanism and finite element analysis Vl…”
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