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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Single Curve Piecewise Fitting Method for Detecting Valve Stiction and Quantification in Oscillating Control Loops
Stiction is one of the most common problems in the spring-diaphragm type control valves, which are widely used in the process industry. In this paper, a procedure for single curve piecewise fitting stiction de...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Comparative Study of Different Materials on Performance of Chevron Shaped Bent-Beam Thermal Actuator
In this paper, a bent beam thermal microactuator’s performance is presented. Displacement of this thermal actuator has been compared for different materials. The proposed bent beam microactuator operates on th...
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Chapter
Analysis of Material Profile for Polymer-Based Mechanical Microgripper for Thin Plate Holding
A MEMS-based gripper tool to handle a thin, larger surface area component is not available in the market, which is capable of functioning even in the moisture, as the tool is devised by means of a polymer mate...
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Chapter
New-Generation Fungicides for Sustainable Production and Disease Suppression
In modern-day agriculture, with the population increasing at an alarming rate, it’s difficult to increase the production with the ever-decreasing land and water resources. The plant diseases alone account for ...
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Chapter
Decision-Making Tools for Integrated Disease Management
The decision-making process is the core of any successful integrated disease management programme. The complexity of decision-making process in IDM is much higher as compared to conventional agriculture as it ...
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Chapter
Concept of Effectors and Receptors in Improving Plant Immunity
Plants employ two distinct layers of immunity to encounter pathogen invasion. The first layer PAMP-triggered immunity (PTI) involves the perception of evolutionarily conserved pathogen structures, termed patho...
