...Khalil Alipour; Bahram Tarvirdizadeh Purpose The aim of the current study is proposing a novel framework to attain the optimum value of a flexible arm manipulator parameters for payload launching missions. Design/methodology/approach The proposed scheme is based on optimal control approach...

... the form-finding problem of these structures, such as the ones proposed by Chen et al. (2012) or Koohestani and Guest (2013) , the active shape control remains an open research area. Different approaches have been presented, some of them using advanced computational techniques. Monte Carlo...

... of the control. Design/methodology/approach Consequently, the optimal design consists in determining the dimensional parameters to maximize the size of the workspace, maximize the dynamic dexterity and minimize the energy of the control action. The design criteria are derived from the kinematics, dynamics...

...D.A. Manolas; I. Borchers; D.T. Tsahalis Active noise control (ANC) became in the last decade a very popular technique for controlling low‐frequency noise. The increase in its popularity was a consequence of the rapid development in the fields of computers in general, and more specifically...