A Two-Segment Continuum Robot with Piecewise Stiffness for Tracheal Intubation and Active Decoupling by Jianhao Tang, Lingfeng Sang, Junjie Tian, Qiqi Pan, Yuan Han, Wenxian Li, Yu Tian, Hongbo Wang

“…To describe the motion behavior of the robot, a piecewise variable curvature kinematic model is developed, capturing the deformation characteristics of each segment under actuation. …”
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An Aerodynamic Load Correction Method for HFFB Technique Based on Signal Decoupling and an Intelligent Optimization Algorithm by Chengzhu Xie, An Xu, Ruohong Zhao

“…Firstly, the measured base bending moment signals are decoupled into independent components. …”
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Design and Validation of a Novel Cable-Driven Hyper-Redundant Robot Based on Decoupled Joints by Long Huang, Bei Liu, Lairong Yin, Peng Zeng, Yuanhan Yang

“…In most of the prior designs of conventional cable-driven hyper-redundant robots, the multiple degree-of-freedom (DOF) bending motion usually has bending coupling effects. …”
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Multidimensional Vibrations of Cable-Harnessed Beam Structures with Periodic Pattern: Modeling and Experiment by Karthik Yerrapragada, Pranav Agrawal, Armaghan Salehian

“…All the developed models only considered the decoupled bending motion. …”
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Influence of multiple décollement and cover rock rheology on the structural evolution of thin-skinned fold-and-thrust belts: insights from discrete element modelling by Eslamirezaei, Nazanin, Alavi, Seyed Ahmad, Nabavi, Seyed Tohid, Ghassemi, Mohammad Reza

“…The formation of décollement, box, fault-propagation, and fault-bend folds, as well as extensional faults represents the ultimate style of the fold-and-thrust belts developed in DE-models. …”
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Design and Kinematics Simulation of a Wire-driven Multi-section Continuous Manipulator by Wei Guiwei, Xu Zhenbang, Zhao Zhiyuan, Yu Yang, Wu Qingwen

“…In order to satisfy the requirements of complex space environment， a wire-driven multi-section continuous manipulator is designed. A simple modeling method for wire-driven continuous manipulators is presented based on geometric analysis method. …”
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Identification method of wheel-rail two-point contact state in switch area by Ping Lu, Xinyi Li, Dabin Cui, Boyang An, Wenpeng Jiang

“…The patch scheme was determined using the rail waist bending moment difference method to achieve decoupling of the bridge circuit of the force measurement columns. …”
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The influence of weak layers on thrust structure deformation: A finite element numerical simulation study by MA Jia, HE Dengfa, LU Guo, ZHANG Weikang, HUANG Hanyu, LIU Chiyue

“…Results  (1) The weak layer-free model demonstrates that, under lateral compression, the overlying strata undergo thrust-parallel slip and fold deformation along the pre-existing bend fault. …”
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Numerical Studies on the Combined Effect of Curvature and Area Expansion Rate on Gaseous Detonation Propagation in Curved Channels by Peng Wang, Lei Bao, Wenyi Dang, Chuntao Ge, Anfeng Yu

“…Here, a pure and systematic numerical study is conducted to investigate the detonation propagation in a curvature bend by focusing on the combined effect of curvature and cross-section area with a simple two-step chemical reaction model. …”
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Transient Horizontal Response of a Pipe Pile in Saturated Soil with a Flexible Support at the Pile Head by Ao Su, Min Zhang, Wei Shang, Qiqi Wang

“…This study examines the horizontal transient response of pipe piles in saturated soil, assuming a two-stage equivalent linear relationship between the bending moment and the rotation at the pile head. …”
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A pivot joint steering mechanism for tip-everting soft growing robots by Tianchen Ji, Zheyuan Bi, Lin Cao

“…By modulating friction between the pivot joint and the inner material, the mechanism switches between two states: decoupled (stationary for bending) and coupled (move forward together with robot’s inner material). …”
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