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2022-06-01

Simmons, Scott C., Lubitz, William David

Archimedes screw generators are a small-scale, eco-friendly hydropower technology that are commonly implemented in diversion schemes. The technology has been in use for thousands of years for pumping fluids and granular solids and so its design is largely influenced by Archimedes screw pump...

2022-06-01

Nguyen, N., Sanderson, B., Malazadeh, S., Hosseeini, A., Kishawy, S., Rahnamayan, S.

Additive Manufacturing (AM) has been adopted world- wide for rapid prototyping and small-scale production of complex parts. Despite its widespread adoption, much is still unknown about AM. Many researchers have devoted significant efforts t o studying the importance of AM characteristics such as...

2022-06-01

Liu, Yang, Ansari, Amir, Shahbakhti, Mahdi

A driving cycle represents the operating conditions of a vehicle as a function of vehicle speed and time. It is used for assessment of vehicle energy consumption, tailpipe emissions, and driving behavior. A driving cycle depends on a vehicle application, geographical regions, and driving zones...

2022-06-01

Plamondon, Carson, Bessa, Guilherme M., Nobes, David S.

This paper outlines the design of an unsteady flowmeter for ex-vivo heart perfusion applications. In order to determine the performance of a given heart, the flowrate in the system must be recorded. The proposed design is based on an orifice plate flowmeter comprising three pressure transducers...

2022-06-01

Khanna, Kshitiz, Jensen, Morten Rikard

Composite materials are widely used in the defense and aerospace industry because of their light weight and high strength properties. Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMW-PE) is commonly used in the design of various types of armor from vehicle applications to personal protective...

2022-06-01

Fathy, Jino, Wang, Ziying, Lai, Yongjun

In this paper, a particle microconcentrator is designed and simulated that works by combining the AC electrothermal (ACET) and Dielectrophoresis (DEP) forces. The microconcentrator consists of a PMMA channel with copper electrodes on the walls and bottom of the channel. On each side of the...

2022-06-01

ElKashat, Ahmed Khaled, Razmi, Amir Reza, Vafaeenezhad, Sajad, Hanifi, Amir Reza, Etsell, Thomas H., Shahbakhti, Mahdi

Solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) is a promising clean technology to generate power with high efficiency at different scales. Decreasing the degradation rate of SOFCs is a challenge that can be tackled by lowering the operation temperature (<650°C). However, this can adversely affect cell performance...

2022-06-01

Chaudhry, Muhammad Salman, Czekanski, Aleksander

This work presents a methodology for the visual detection and robotic tracking of an uncooperative target. This article presents a closed-loop visual feedback-based control strategy combined with the Kalman filtering technique for autonomous tracking of the target object. The framework is based...

2022-06-01

Wang, Xin, Liang, Xihui, Wu, Nan

In this paper, a relationship between a load applied on the inner ring and strains measured on the outer ring of a bearing is studied. A linear relationship is confirmed under different loading conditions. Finite element analysis of a cylindrical rolling element bearing with 11 rollers is...

2022-06-01

Solis, Daphene M, Czekanski, Aleksander

Hydrogels have attracted the attention of growing fields such as tissue engineering because of their unique characteristics such as biocompatibility with several cell types and tunable properties. In our study, we selected poly N- Isopropylacrylamide (pNIPAM) based hydrogel as this material has...