Comparative study on effects of injection mode on combustion and emission characteristics of a combined injection n-butanol/gasoline SI engine with hydrogen direct injection (2020)
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Shang, Z., Yu, X., Ren, L., Wei, G., Li, G., Li, D., & Li, Y. (2020). Comparative study on effects of injection mode on combustion and emission characteristics of a combined injection n-butanol/gasoline SI engine with hydrogen direct injection. Energy, 213, 118903. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2020.118903

In this paper, on the basis of combined injection technique, three injection modes with five n-butanol/gasoline volume ratios () were put forward, aiming to compare and evaluate the relationship between the injection mode and the combustion and emiss... Read More about Comparative study on effects of injection mode on combustion and emission characteristics of a combined injection n-butanol/gasoline SI engine with hydrogen direct injection.

Biologically inspired design and development of a variable stiffness powered ankle-foot prosthesis (2019)
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Dobson, A., Wei, G., & Ren, L. (2019). Biologically inspired design and development of a variable stiffness powered ankle-foot prosthesis. Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 11(4), https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4043603

Recent advancements in powered lower limb prostheses have appeased several difficulties faced by lower limb amputees by using a Series-Elastic Actuator (SEA) to provide powered sagittal plane flexion. Unfortunately, these devices are currently unable... Read More about Biologically inspired design and development of a variable stiffness powered ankle-foot prosthesis.

Synthesis and analysis of Fulleroid-like deployable Archimedean mechanisms based on an overconstrained eight-bar linkage (2019)
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Xiu, H., Wang, K., Xu, T., Wei, G., & Ren, L. (2019). Synthesis and analysis of Fulleroid-like deployable Archimedean mechanisms based on an overconstrained eight-bar linkage. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 137(7), 476-508. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2019.03.004

This paper presents a novel intuitive synthesis approach for constructing Fulleroid-like Archimedean DPMs based on a Sarrus-like overconstrained spatial eight-bar linkage. Firstly, structure and the associated foundations of the eight-bar linkage are... Read More about Synthesis and analysis of Fulleroid-like deployable Archimedean mechanisms based on an overconstrained eight-bar linkage.

Bionics and human biomechanics applied in intelligent crash tests of cars (2019)
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Xu, T., Yoshino, T., Zhang, S., Wei, G., & Liu, Z. (2019). Bionics and human biomechanics applied in intelligent crash tests of cars. Applied Bionics and Biomechanics, 2019, 8750413. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/8750413

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A Sarrus-like overconstrained eight-bar linkage and its associated Fulleroid-like platonic deployable mechanisms (2018)
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Xiu, H., Wang, K., Wei, G., Ren, L., & Dai, J. (2020). A Sarrus-like overconstrained eight-bar linkage and its associated Fulleroid-like platonic deployable mechanisms. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 234(1), 241-262. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954406218816343

This paper, for the first time, presents an overconstrained spatial eight-bar linkage and its application to the synthesis of a group of Fulleroid-like deployable platonic mechanisms. Structure of the proposed eight-bar linkage is introduced, and con... Read More about A Sarrus-like overconstrained eight-bar linkage and its associated Fulleroid-like platonic deployable mechanisms.

A reconfigurable hybrid wheel-track mobile robot based on Watt II six-bar linkage (2018)
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Luo, Z., Shang, J., Wei, G., & Ren, L. (2018). A reconfigurable hybrid wheel-track mobile robot based on Watt II six-bar linkage. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 128(10), 16-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2018.04.020

This paper presents the design and development of a novel reconfigurable hybrid wheel-track mobile robot (RHMBot). This new reconfigurable mobile robot is constructed based on a Watt II six-bar linkage; through structure reconfiguration, it can provi... Read More about A reconfigurable hybrid wheel-track mobile robot based on Watt II six-bar linkage.

Geometry and kinematics for a spherical-base integrated parallel mechanism (2016)
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Sun, J., Zhang, X., Wei, G., & Dai, J. (2016). Geometry and kinematics for a spherical-base integrated parallel mechanism. Meccanica, 51(7), 1607-1621. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11012-016-0438-7

Parallel mechanisms, in general, have a rigid base and a moving platform connected by several limbs. For achieving higher mobility and dexterity, more degrees of freedom are introduced to the limbs. However, very few researchers focus on changing the... Read More about Geometry and kinematics for a spherical-base integrated parallel mechanism.

Spherical trigonometry-based kinematics for controlling a dexterous robotic hand with an articulated palm (2015)
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Emmanouil, E., Wei, G., & Dai, J. (2015). Spherical trigonometry-based kinematics for controlling a dexterous robotic hand with an articulated palm. Robotica, 34(12), 2788-2805. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0263574715000399

This work presents a method based on spherical trigonometry for computing all joint angles of the spherical metamorphic palm. The spherical palm is segmented into spherical triangles which are then solved and combined to fully solve the palm configur... Read More about Spherical trigonometry-based kinematics for controlling a dexterous robotic hand with an articulated palm.