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...locomotion. In particular, the paper considers previous research efforts related to modelling of snake robots, physical development of these mechanisms, and finally control design efforts for snake locomotion. The review shows that the majority of literature on snake robots so far has focused on locomotion...

...solid-liquid interdiffusion (SLID) bonding is a novel and promising interconnect technology for high-temperature applications. This article gives a review over previously published work on Au-Sn SLID bonding. An overview of the crystal phases and the thermomechanical properties of the Au-Sn phases relevant...

A large number of facilities and parts of the infrastructure on the Norwegian Continental Shelf are approaching or have exceeded their original design life. Many fields, however, have remaining recoverable oil and gas reserves which may be profitable if the field's life is extended. From a safety point...

...models that simplify and approximate the real problem. The planners might therefore be more interested in a set of diverse high quality solutions to choose from, than in only the optimal (or near-optimal) solution to the model as is usually produced by a DSS. In ship routing and scheduling plans are...

...capital offline and online? The increasing popularity of SNSs such as Facebook (FB) implies a significant change in the way we interact with others. In an extensive longitudinal study (N = 311), carried out in Norway between 2008 - 2010, we examined the relationship between FB use and social capital...

...coupling of heat and mass leads to complex configurations and difficult control problems. We study here the dynamic behavior of a high purity, 4-product extended Petlyuk column with nominal operating point close to the analytic minimum energy for sharp seperation and propose and four different decentralized...

...conventional remelting and subsequent refining processing has been taken into account. Solid-state recycling processes such as extrusion and compaction at room or moderate temperature can result in significant energy savings. However, as aluminum scrap is normally contaminated by oil and/or organic coatings...

...techniques for modeling and analysis. The problems include automated support for service discovery, selection, negotiation, and composition. In addition, support for automated service contracting and contract execution is crucial for any large scale service environment where multiple clients and service providers...

The present work reports charging effects and surface potential variations in pure copper, cuprous oxide and cupric oxide nanowires observed by electrostatic force microscopy (EFM) and Kelvin probe force microscopy (KPFM). The copper nanowires were produced by wet synthesis, oxidation into cuprous oxide...