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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...
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The effects of the reservoir geometry on the velocity distribution in a simple microchannel
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Maleksabet, Zahra, Zare, Azam, Tarokh, Ali
Capillary microfluidics is gaining popularity due to its role in recent advances in life science applications. Designing a new and optimized microfluidic platform, as well as having a broader understanding of its function and fundamental physics, are still significant technological problems....
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Development Of A Model-Free Adaptive Steering Control For Autonomous Vehicles Path Tracking Using Cost-Based Gain Adaptation With Integral Action
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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...
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2022-06-01
Hurley, Jason, Langlois, Robert, Green, James, Chan, Adrian, Gibb, Keely, Kehoe, Patrick, Greenwood, Kim, Aubertin, Cheryl, Ibey, Andrew, Redpath, Stephanie
The Neonatal Patient Transport System (NPTS) collaborative research team seeks to measure and mitigate vibrations experienced by neonatal patients during ground and air transport. A custom test apparatus was designed for use with an electrodynamic shaker to investigate the effectiveness of...
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2022-06-01
Sanford, Paul W., Carretero, Juan A.
The forward and inverse displacement problems (FDP, IDP) are solved for a 4-DOF hybrid cable-driven parallel manipulator. This manipulator uses three cables and one extensible rod to manipulate the mobile platform, and shares some kinematic similarities to the well-studied Stewart-Gough...
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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...
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Vision-based Impedance Control of a 7-DOF Robotic Manipulator for Pick-and-Place Tasks in Grasping Fruits
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Chen, Qiguang, Wan, Lucas, Ravichadran, Prabahar, Pan, Ya-Jun, Chang, Young Ki
A vision-based impedance control method is applied to a 7-degree-of-freedom (7-DOF) Franka Emika (FE) Panda robotic manipulator to complete pick-and-place tasks with human-like grasping of fruits. The interfaces between different hardware and the controller are developed using robotic operating...
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Numerical and experimental comparison of confinement effects on a Fully-Passive Oscillating-Foil Turbine
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Gunther, K., Mann, S., Dumas, G., Oshkai, P.
A numerical and experimental comparison of a fully-passive oscillating-foil turbine operating in different confinement levels is conducted to assert how well CFD-based FSI simulations can predict the performances of the turbine. It is found the present 3D URANS simulations match reasonably well...
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2022-06-01
Ibrahim, Galal M., Naterer, Greg F., Pope, Kevin
This paper presents a numerical study of ice accretion on a 2MW wind turbine with an 80 m rotor diameter using ANSYS FENSAP ICE software. The study investigates ice accumulaton with a focus on spanwise variability by analyzing four sections along a rotating blade. Air and droplet velocity...
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2022-06-01
Fernández-Caballero, Juan Carlos, Hernández-Luna, Alberto A., Ramírez-Mendoza, Ricardo A.
Over the past decade, researchers have shown an increased interest in Set-Based Design motivated by the potential benefits of shortening product development time while creating robust products. Despite the growing number of publications around the topic, most of them have focused on practical...