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Govan-Partick Pedestrian Bridge: Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting from Footfall-Induced Vibrations
The Govan-Partick pedestrian bridge is an under-construction footbridge that aims to reconnect the less developed Govan region of Glasgow to the...
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Feedback Active Noise Cancellation Using Single Sensor with Deep Learning
Constructive measures should be taken immediately to tackle urban noise pollution, which is an omnipresent but neglected threat to human health. Many...
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Fiducial Marker–Based Localization of Autonomous UAV for Structural Health Monitoring
This chapter presents an autonomous navigation system based on computer vision for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The emerging area of autonomous...
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Methodologies to Distinguish Locomotive Types Based on the Measured Geometry
This chapter presents methods to sort locomotives and other certain types of vehicles by types using geometry measured by a measurement station. The...
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Design of a Variable Stiffness Impact Damper Using Magnetorheological Elastomers
The suppression and control of mechanical vibrations, shock, and impacts is a subject of great interest for different areas of engineering, due to...
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Implementation of Shaft-Mounted Accelerometer in the Local Fault Diagnosis of Geared Systems
The goal of this chapter is to implement a wireless shaft-mounted accelerometer to provide a robust signal processing tool able to detect, localize,...
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Overview of Fretting Damages
Fretting can occur when a pair of structural elements is in contact under a normal load while cyclic stress and microrelative displacement are forced...
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Nondestructive Testing (NDT)
Nondestructive testing (NDT)Nondestructive testing methods include a wide group of analysis techniques to evaluate the properties of a material,...
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Testing of Concrete
Concrete is a heterogeneous composite material full of cracks, which play a vital role in its mechanical behavior and failure. A distinct...
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Bifurcation Analysis of Incompressible Fluid Flow by a High Order Mesh-Free Indicator with Padé Approximants
In this work, a mesh-free indicator is proposed to detect the bifurcation points of incompressible viscous fluid flow in a 2D sudden expansion. This...
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Infiltration in Unsaturated Porous Media: Phenomenology and Modeling (Overview)
We review several infiltration phenomena and modeling approaches for unsaturated porous media. First, we present a recent extension of the piston...
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Faraday Instability in Hele-Shaw Cell with Two Commensurate Frequencies Forcing
We investigate the Faraday instability with an air-liquid interface in a Hele-Shaw cell subjected to a periodic vertical oscillation with two...
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Calculation of Dispersion Curves in the Composite Graphite-Epoxy Plate by a Hybrid Analytic Method
In recent years, graphite-epoxy materials have been widely used in the space industry due to their ability to satisfy design demands (minimum weight...
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Modified Thermo-Physical Properties and Thermal Behavior of Plasterboards with Different Mixing Water Ratios
The building sector is one of the most energy-intensive fields in the world. Hence, enhancing the production techniques of traditional materials...
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Three–Dimensional Numerical Investigation of a New Drag Reduction Device Applied to Ahmed Body
In this work, a novel drag reduction device applied to the Ahmed body is presented. This consists of perforating a rectangular conduit in the body....
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Active Vibration Control of Non-uniform Section Beam
This work presents the dynamics and AVC of a non-uniform FGM beam. The beam is equipped with four layers of piezoelectric sensors/actuators, on...
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Effect of Load on Minimum Film Thickness in Non-Newtonian MEHD Parabolic Slider Bearing
The minimum oil film thickness, at a given load, is calculated in this paper for Magneto-elastohydrodynamic (MEHD) parabolic slider bearings...
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Stress–Strain State of Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Specimens with [±45]2s Lay-Ups in Tensile and Compression Tests
The theoretical and experimental methods for determining the mechanical characteristics of fiber-reinforced plastics (FRPs) based on tensile and...
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Geometric Nonlinearity and Stability Problems in Mechanics of Deformable Solids
Three-dimensional equations of elasticity theory composed for the case of finite displacements and deformations of solids have been analyzed. It is...
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Flat Internal Buckling Modes of Structural Elements of Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Specimens with a [±45°]2s Lay-Up in Tensile and Compression Tests
The structure of a unidirectional fiber composite of two types—ELUR-P carbon fibre based on KhT-118 cold-curing binder and HSE 180 REM prepreg based...