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2022-06-01

Ansari, Amir, Abediasl, Hamidreza, Patel, Parth Rakeshkumar, Hosseini, Vahid, Koch, Charles Robert, Shahbakhti, Mahdi

Estimation of instantaneous fuel consumption of fleet vehicles to identify the causes of high fuel consumption and determine the optimum vehicle type for different applications and driving cycles is essential for the design of an intelligent fleet management system. Developing a practical and...

2022-06-01

Saffar, Yeganeh, Nobes, David S., Sabbagh, Reza

The interaction between a capsule (bubble or droplet) and a flow structure of the continuous phase can affect the properties of the liquids, cells, and particles transferring within the capsule. Channel geometry is a common example of the flow structure influencer. Investigating the effect of...

2022-06-01

Li, Haining, Liu, Kefu, Deng, Jian, Li, Bing

In this paper, a piezoelectric energy harvester with a grounded and tunable multi-stable nonlinear energy sink (NES) has been developed to achieve vibration suppression (VS) and energy harvesting (EH) simultaneously. The NES consists of a cantilever beam whose free end is attached by a small...

2022-06-01

Chen, Siyu, Ashgriz, Nasser

This work aims at finding a correlation for the droplet size distribution in swirl nozzles. Droplet size distributions under different operating conditions with different fluids are measured using Malvern Spraytec Dropsizer. The volume distribution can be bimodal if the volume percentage...

2022-06-01

Hu, K.Q., Chen, Z.T., Akbarzadeh, H.

In this paper, an interface crack between piezoelectric and orthotropic half-spaces has been studied in detail. By using integral transformation techniques, the present mixed boundary value problem was reduced to the solution of singular integral equations, which can be further reduced to solving...

2022-06-01

Hernández-Luna, Alberto A., Pascual, Paula Luciana, Rivadeneyra, Sergio

The challenges brought by Industry 4.0 are different for each company and world region. Therefore, it is important to develop customized solutions. This methodology, developed for Mexican companies has the potential to be applied in general scenarios and offers a structured and systematic...

2022-06-01

Zarghanishiraz, Reza, Mojtaba, Zabihi, Little, Jonathan, Komisar, Vivki, Li, Ri

For centuries, people have been fighting airborne transmitting diseases like the common cold virus, influenza or Measles and Tuberculosis as examples of more fatal diseases. Certainly, one of the most catastrophic viruses among the airborne transmitting diseases is Covid-19 which has taken...

2022-06-01

Oh, Kwangseok, Seo, Jaho

This paper presents a model-free adaptive steering control algorithm for path tracking of autonomous vehicles. To design steering controllers for autonomous vehicle path tracking, a mathematical model is needed, but it may have high nonlinearity and complexity that increases computation time and...

2022-06-01

Tse, Jonathan, Peiris, Michael, El-Gindy, Moustafa, El-Sayegh, Zeinab

Abstract—This paper details recent advancements made to the control architecture of a 1:8 scaled multi-wheeled combat vehicle capable of eight-wheel drive and eight-wheel steer. The vehicle was previously developed to be used as a platform for autonomous navigation research with an autonomous...

2022-06-01

Alzoubi, Mahmoud A., Monot, Antoine, Provost, Philippe-Olivier, Rancourt, David, Poncet, Sébastien

Reducing the overall mine-water consumption is a necessity in moving toward a more sustainable mining industry in Canada. Water treatment is a key requirement to achieve this goal. This study numerically investigates the dynamics of a decantation process as a technique to recycle and reuse...