Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

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2018 journal article

1-Dimensional quantitative micro-architecture mapping of multiple scattering media using backscattering of ultrasound in the near-field: Application to nodule imaging in the lungs

Applied Physics Letters, 113(3), 033704.

By: K. Mohanty n, J. Blackwell*, S. Masuodi*, M. Ali*, T. Egan* & M. Muller n

TL;DR: A near-field method for mapping the micro-architecture of complex media based on the measurement of the diffusion constant D using multiple backscattering of ultrasound waves and it is demonstrated that no beamforming is necessary to extract the diffusion Constant. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
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Added: November 22, 2020

2018 journal article

Biaxial Mechanical Behavior of Bovine Saphenous Venous Valve Leaflets

Journal of Vascular Surgery: Venous and Lymphatic Disorders, 6(3), 417–418.

By: J. Lu & H. Huang*

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being (OpenAlex)
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Added: November 22, 2020

2018 article

A Dielectric Resonant Cavity Method for Monitoring of Damage Progression in Moisture-Contaminated Composites

IDOLOR, O. G. H. E. N. E. O. V. O., GUHA, R. I. S. H. A. B. H., & GRACE, L. A. N. D. O. N. (2018, November 7). American Society for Composites 2018.

By: O. Idolor*, R. Guha & L. Grace

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
6. Clean Water and Sanitation (OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: September 14, 2020

2018 journal article

X-ray micro-computed tomography analysis of impact damage morphology in composite sandwich structures due to cold temperature arctic condition

Journal of Composite Materials, 52(25), 3509–3522.

By: M. Khan*, M. Elamin*, B. Li* & K. Tan*

Contributors: M. Khan*, M. Elamin*, B. Li* & K. Tan*

Source: ORCID
Added: September 14, 2020

2018 journal article

Impact damage of composite sandwich structures in arctic condition

Composite Structures, 192, 422–433.

By: M. Elamin*, B. Li* & K. Tan*

Contributors: M. Elamin*, B. Li* & K. Tan*

author keywords: Sandwich structures; Damage tolerance; Impact behavior; Micro computed tomography
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water (OpenAlex)
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Added: September 14, 2020

2018 journal article

Impact Performance of Stitched and Unstitched Composites in Extreme Low Temperature Arctic Conditions

Journal of Dynamic Behavior of Materials, 4(3), 317–327.

By: M. Elamin*, B. Li* & K. Tan*

Contributors: M. Elamin*, B. Li* & K. Tan*

author keywords: Damage tolerance; Stitching; Impact behavior; Low temperature
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy (OpenAlex)
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Added: September 14, 2020

2018 conference paper

Motion Planning for a Knife-Edge Moving on the Surface of a Torus

IECON 2018 - 44th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. Presented at the IECON 2018 - 44th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society.

Event: IECON 2018 - 44th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society

TL;DR: Kinematics formulation for the knife-edge controlled by its speed along the heading direction and its turn rate about the surface normal is obtained using global coordinates so that the mathematical model has no singularities or ambiguities. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities (OpenAlex)
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Added: August 28, 2020

2018 conference paper

Differential Geometric Approach to Robust Control of an Oscillatory Base Robot Manipulator

IECON 2018 - 44th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. Presented at the IECON 2018 - 44th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society.

By: D. Hoffman* & M. Reyhanoglu*

Event: IECON 2018 - 44th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society

TL;DR: A nonlinear tracking control law is designed in kind and proven to achieve semi-global asymptotic stability in spite of these disturbances. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
16. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions (OpenAlex)
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Added: August 28, 2020

2018 journal article

Quaternion-based Robust Trajectory Tracking Control of a Quadrotor Hover System

International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems, 16(6), 2575–2584.

By: D. Hoffman*, M. Rehan*, W. MacKunis* & M. Reyhanoglu*

author keywords: Output feedback; quadrotor; quaternion; robust; tracking
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
16. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions (OpenAlex)
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Added: August 28, 2020

2018 journal article

Developing an advanced daylight model for building energy tool to simulate dynamic shading device

Solar Energy, 163, 140–149.

author keywords: Daylight; Building energy; Dynamic shading; Kirigami
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Added: August 28, 2020

2018 journal article

Kirigami-Inspired Nanoconfined Polymer Conducting Nanosheets with 2000% Stretchability

Advanced Materials, 30(20), 1706390.

author keywords: flexible electronics; freestanding polymer nanosheets; kirigami; stretchability
TL;DR: The nanoconfinement and air/water interfacial assembly is explored to grow freestanding mechanical endurance conducting polymer nanosheets that can be stretched up to 2000% with simultaneously high electrical conductivity, inspired by kirigami. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: August 28, 2020

2018 journal article

Small degree of anisotropic wetting on self-similar hierarchical wrinkled surfaces

Soft Matter, 14(9), 1517–1529.

By: G. Lin*, Q. Zhang*, C. Lv*, Y. Tang* & J. Yin*

TL;DR: It is concluded that the observed small degree of wetting anisotropy in the hierarchical wrinkled surfaces mainly arises from the competition between orthogonal wrinkles and cracks in the contact line pinning. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: August 28, 2020

2018 journal article

Design of Multifunctional Soft Doming Actuator for Soft Machines

Advanced Materials Technologies, 3(7), 1800069.

author keywords: adhesion; bilayer doming actuators; grippers; soft robotics; swimming
TL;DR: The design of soft doming actuator upon pneumatic actuation and its implications in design of multifunctional soft machines are explored, including high efficient jellyfish-inspired underwater soft robots with locomotion speed of 84 cm/min and rotation-based soft grippers with low energy cost by harnessing the large rim bending angle. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: August 28, 2020

2018 journal article

Switchable Adhesion Actuator for Amphibious Climbing Soft Robot

Soft Robotics, 5(5), 592–600.

By: Y. Tang*, Q. Zhang*, G. Lin* & J. Yin*

author keywords: amphibious climbing soft robotics; switchable adhesion; underwater locomotion; pneumatic actuation; load-carrying soft robots
TL;DR: A novel load-carrying amphibious climbing soft robot (ACSR) is designed and fabricate by combining with a soft bending actuator that can operate on a wide range of foreign horizontal and vertical surfaces including dry, wet, slippery, smooth, and semi-smooth ones on ground and also under water with certain load- Carrying capability. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: August 28, 2020

2018 journal article

Spontaneous buckling-driven periodic delamination of thin films on soft substrates under large compression

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 118, 40–57.

By: Q. Zhang* & J. Yin*

author keywords: Film-substrate system; Periodic buckle-delamination; Post-buckling; Interfacial toughness; Stretchability
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy (OpenAlex)
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Added: August 28, 2020

2018 journal article

Constrained droplet base in condensed water on carbon nanoparticle coating for delayed freezing

Extreme Mechanics Letters, 24, 38–46.

By: G. Lin*, Q. Zhang*, D. Dikin* & J. Yin*

author keywords: Assembled carbon nanoparticles; Anti-icing; Water condensation; Heterogeneous nucleation energy; Constant base area droplet growth
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Added: August 28, 2020

2018 conference paper

A Comparative Assessment of Economic Model Predictive Control Strategies for Fuel Economy Optimization of Heavy-Duty Trucks

2018 Annual American Control Conference (ACC). Presented at the 2018 Annual American Control Conference (ACC).

Event: 2018 Annual American Control Conference (ACC)

TL;DR: A comparative assessment of three control strategies that fuse a global, offline dynamic programming (DP) optimization with online model predictive control (MPC) in an effort to minimize fuel consumption for a heavy-duty truck demonstrates 4-7% fuel economy improvement across all three formulations. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy (OpenAlex)
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Added: August 28, 2020

2018 journal article

A comparative assessment of hierarchical control structures for spatiotemporally-varying systems, with application to airborne wind energy

Control Engineering Practice, 74, 71–83.

By: A. Bafandeh*, S. Bin-Karim*, A. Baheri* & C. Vermillion*

author keywords: Spatiotemporal optimization; Hierarchical control; Airborne wind energy; Extremum seeking control; Model predictive control
TL;DR: H hierarchical structures are proposed and evaluated for Altitude optimization of an airborne wind energy system, in which the tower and foundation of a contemporary wind turbine is replaced by tethers and a lifting body, and it is shown that these structures outperform legacy control strategies in terms of net energy generation. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy (OpenAlex)
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Added: August 28, 2020

2018 journal article

Iterative 3D layout optimization and parametric trade study for a reconfigurable ocean current turbine array using Bayesian Optimization

Renewable Energy, 127, 1052–1063.

author keywords: Bayesian Optimization; Layout optimization; Ocean current turbine array
TL;DR: This paper presents an online approach for optimizing the 3D layout of a reconfigurable ocean current turbine (OCT) array through a small set of basis parameters, and uses Bayesian Optimization to optimize these basis parameters. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: August 28, 2020

2018 journal article

Effects of thermal airflow and mucus-layer interaction on hygroscopic droplet deposition in a simple mouth–throat model

Aerosol Science and Technology, 52(8), 900–912.

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Added: August 28, 2020

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