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Effect of Shape Memory Alloy Actuation on Parametric Instability in Pipes Conveying Pulsating Fluid
Vibration control of pipes conveying fluid at high pressure and pulsating velocity has been a key area of research for many engineering applications. The variation of velocity of flowing fluid with time leads ...
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Damped Chatter Resistant Boring Bar Integrated with an Absorber Working in Conjunction with an Eddy Current Damper
Slender boring bars vibrate when excited by cutting forces to result in chatter. These chatter vibrations damage the part and the tool and hence must be avoided and/or suppressed. Usually, tuned absorbers inte...
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A review on tele-manipulators for remote diagnostic procedures and surgery
With modern medicine and healthcare services improving in leaps and bounds, the integration of telemedicine has helped in expanding these specialised healthcare services to remote locations. Healthcare telerob...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Design and Development of a Tomato Picking Soft Robotic Gripper with a Separator and Mechanical Iris Based Pedicel Cutting Mechanism
Picking tomatoes from plants in farm fields using an autonomous robotic gripper is a challenging problem especially when tomatoes are present in the form of a dense cluster as multiple aspects have to be kept ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Design and Development of Aquatic Autonomous Observatory Using QFD Methodology
In India, inland water pollution is a big problem due to the contamination of freshwater. Water quality measures must be gathered, processed, and valued in our country. The aquatic observatory is used to monit...
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Correction to: De-coupling the Eigenmodes of SMA-reinforced Bimorph Composites using Multi-objective Optimization
Unfortunately there was a mistake in the original article, the country in the second affiliation was wrong. Correct it should be.
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De-coupling the Eigenmodes of SMA-reinforced Bimorph Composites using Multi-objective Optimization
Autonomous shape and vibration control of a structure expand its utility, thereby increasing the need for adaptive composites in the field of aerodynamics, civil, space, and mechanical engineering. One way to ...
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Open AccessDesign and development of non-magnetic hierarchical actuator powered by shape memory alloy based bipennate muscle
Actuators are ubiquitous to generate controlled motion through the application of suitable excitation force or torque to perform various operations in manufacturing and industrial automation. The demands place...
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Open AccessOptimal electromechanical bandgaps in piezo-embedded mechanical metamaterials
Elastic mechanical metamaterials are the exemplar of periodic structures. These are artificially designed structures having idiosyncratic physical properties like negative mass and negative Young’s modulus in ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Development of a Novel Viscoelastic Nanocomposite and Investigation of Its Dam** Capacity for Large Frequency Band
Polymer-based composites work well in both low- and high-temperature range and are suitable for a wide range of excitation frequencies. The high demand for such a material having good large frequency band damp...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Free Vibration Analysis of Dual-Material-Inflated Torus with Acoustic-Structure Interaction
With the expansion of satellite technology, there has been a simultaneous increase in the mass and size of the satellite. Thus, it seems an arduous task to launch the satellites with large and heavy accessorie...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Understanding the Imminence of Forest Fire Using Laser Doppler Vibrometer
This study is motivated to find out whether the possibility of forest fire could be predicted based on identifying the reduction of moisture content in the plant. Toward this direction, we explored, specifical...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Thermoelastic Response Analysis of a Shape Memory Alloy Wire Embedded Active Hybrid Bimorph Composite
The class of metallic alloys that show the ability to memorize its shape at a specific temperature and recover large deformations on thermal activation are called Shape Memory Alloys (SMA). SMA wire-based Hybr...
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Open AccessExploring the dynamics of hourglass shaped lattice metastructures
Continuous demand for the improvement of mechanical performance of engineering structures pushes the need for metastructures to fulfil multiple functions. Extensive work on lattice-based metastructure has show...
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A User-Centric Design Thinking Approach for Advancement in Off-Line PM Air Samplers: Current Status and Future Directions
In this study, we have made attempts to present a brief review of commercially available different off-line particulate matter (PM) air samplers to highlight the need of user-centric design thinking approach f...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Evolutionary Bi-objective Optimization and Knowledge Extraction for Electronic and Automotive Cooling
The heat sink is one of the most widely used devices for thermal management of electronic devices and automotive systems. The present study approaches the design of the heat sink with the aim of enhancing thei...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Interface Design of Low-Cost Collision Alerting System for Sports Aviation
The objective of this study was to test the efficacy of a new traffic display compared to an existing display used for sports aviation in identifying aircraft in the outside surrounding. The study was conducte...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Fusion of TRIZ and Axiomatic Design Principles: An Investigation in Scalability of System Design Processes to Contemporary Design Frameworks
The research paper reflects on advancements in the amalgamation of established methods of TRIZ and axiomatic design techniques in the context of system design. The fusion of problem rendering capabilities of a...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Exploring Need in Narratives: Human–Computer Interaction in the Design of a Home Automation System for the Elderly People
The research paper aims to examine possibilities of establishing a framework for generating insights pertaining to requirements from narratives of users, contradictory to the prevalent establishment of initiat...
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Experiments of Wireless Transfer Technology for Communication
Pipelines related to various industrial applications usually degrade within a few years due to erosion and corrosions, such as steel pipes in factories, PVC/steel pipes used for water and gas supply. Similar d...