Author

M. A. Townsend

Observed names: M. A. TOWNSEND, M. Townsend, M.A Townsend, M.A. TOWNSEND, M.A. Townsend

Observed institutions: University of Wisconsin–Madison, University of Toronto, Vanderbilt University, University of Virginia

ORCID: 0009-0001-8662-0408

Observed ORCID: 0009-0001-8662-0408

OpenAlex ID: A5113567506

Muscular synergism—II. A minimum-fatigue criterion for load sharing between synergistic muscles

1984 · J. Dul, G.E. Johnson, et al. · Journal of Biomechanics · 406

Muscular synergism—I. On criteria for load sharing between synergistic muscles

1984 · J. Dul, M.A. Townsend, et al. · Journal of Biomechanics · 311

Total motion knee goniometry

1977 · M.A. Townsend, M. Izak, et al. · Journal of Biomechanics · 73

The synthesis of bipedal locomotion

1972 · M.A. Townsend, A. Seireg · Journal of Biomechanics · 49

Variability and biomechanics of synergy patterns of some lower-limb muscles during ascending and descending stairs and level walking

1978 · M. A. Townsend, S. P. Lainhart, et al. · Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing · 38

Optimization of Radiating Fin Arrays With Respect to Weight

1976 · N. M. Schnurr, A. B. Shapiro, et al. · ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer · 36

Two-stage heuristic procedure for scheduling job shops

1993 · R. Vancheeswaran, M.A. Townsend · Journal of Manufacturing Systems · 31

A Pendulating Model for Mechanisms With Clearances in the Revolutes

1975 · M. A. Townsend, W. M. Mansour · Journal of Engineering for Industry · 30

Biomechanics and modelling of bipedal climbing and descending

1976 · M.A. Townsend, T.C. Tsai · Journal of Biomechanics · 25

Impact Spectra and Intensities for High-Speed Mechanisms

1975 · W. M. Mansour, M. A. Townsend · Journal of Engineering for Industry · 25

Optimal Design of Rack-and-Pinion Steering Linkages

1983 · C. E. Zarak, M. A. Townsend · Journal of Mechanisms Transmissions and Automation in Design · 24

Powered walking machine prosthesis for paraplegics

1976 · M. A. Townsend, R. J. Lepofsky · Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing · 18

A Practical Solution to the Deterministic Nonhomogeneous LQR Problem

1996 · R. D. Hampton, C. R. Knospe, et al. · Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control · 15

THE ROAST: NONLINEAR MODELING and SIMULATION

1989 · M.A. TOWNSEND, S. GUPTA, et al. · Journal of Food Process Engineering · 12

Torque and Thrust Parameters in Drilling Using Dimensional Analysis

1980 · T. J. Roadinger, M. A. Townsend · Journal of Engineering for Industry · 12

Optimal Control of a General Environmental Space

1986 · M. A. Townsend, D. B. Cherchas, et al. · Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control · 11

In Favor of Conjugate Directions: a Generalized Acceptable-point Algorithm for Function Minimization

1978 · M.A. Townsend, G.E. Johnson · Journal of the Franklin Institute · 8

On Optimal Control Laws for a Class of Constrained Dynamical Systems (With Application to Control of Bipedal Locomotion)

1977 · M. A. Townsend, T. C. Tsai · Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control · 7

Optimal Roasting

1989 · M.A. TOWNSEND, S. GUPTA, et al. · Journal of Food Process Engineering · 6

A Direct Digital Control Algorithm for Control of a Single Environmental Space

1985 · D. B. Cherchas, A. Abdelmessih, et al. · Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control · 6

Nonoptimal termination properties of quadratic interpolation univariate searches

1978 · G.E. Johnson, M.A. Townsend · Journal of the Franklin Institute · 5

The application of a time-domain deconvolution technique for identification of experimental acoustic-emission signals

1978 · J. R. Houghton, M. A. Townsend, et al. · Experimental Mechanics · 5

Automated Modeling and Rapid Solution of Robot Dynamics Using the Symbolic Polynomial Technique

1989 · M. A. Townsend, S. Gupta · Journal of Mechanisms Transmissions and Automation in Design · 4

On the Equations of Motion for Robot Arms and Open Kinematic Chains

1988 · S. Gupta, M. A. Townsend · Journal of Mechanisms Transmissions and Automation in Design · 4

State Space Characterization of Complex Rigid Body Systems Subject to Control

1973 · M. A. Townsend · Journal of Engineering for Industry · 4

Works count: 59

Citation count: 1,214

H-index: 13

I10-index: 16