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A prelude to the fundamentals and applications of radiation transfer
(Springer Nature, 2018)Radiation transfer is one of the three pillars of heat transfer processes, along with conduction and convection. It is essential for any high-temperature industrial process taking place in combustion chambers, flames and ... -
Pressure drop and heat transfer characteristics of nanofluids in horizontal microtubes under thermally developing flow conditions
(Elsevier, 2015-10)This study presents pressure drop and heat transfer characteristics of water based nanofluids with TiO2 and Al2O3 nanoparticles of various mass fractions in horizontal smooth hypodermic microtubes with an outer diameter ... -
Preview control-based jumping and spot-jogging trajectory generation for quadruped robots
(IEEE, 2023)This work presents a vertical center of mass (CoM) trajectory generation approach based on preview control for quadruped robots to accomplish agile locomotion tasks such as jumping and jogging. Conventionally, preview ... -
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Promoting photocatalytic cleaning efficiency of textile finishing solutions with nanoboron as a p‐type dopant
(Wiley, 2019-12-18)Boron is a commonly used p-type dopant for semiconductor and photonic applications. In this study, standard photocatalytic titanium dioxide (TiO2) particles were doped with nanosized boron particles and coated on textiles ... -
Proof of concept for robot-aided upper limb rehabilitation using disturbance observers
(IEEE, 2015-02)This paper presents a wearable upper body exoskeleton system with a model-based compensation control framework to support robot-aided shoulder-elbow rehabilitation and power assistance tasks. To eliminate the need for EMG ... -
Publisher correction: A biomimicry design for nanoscale radiative cooling applications inspired by Morpho didius butterfly
(2019-02-26)A correction to this article has been published and is linked from the HTML and PDF versions of this paper. The error has been fixed in the paper. The original PDF version of this Article contained a truncated Figure 4. ... -
PVA/gelatin-based hydrogel coating of nickel-titanium alloy for improved tissue-implant interface
(Springer, 2021-05)Nickel-titanium shape memory alloys have attracted notable interest for biomedical applications due to their unique properties. However, there are still some concerns on the potential release of nickel ions causing adverse ... -
Radiative energy and exergy analyses of spectrally-selective surfaces for CSP systems
(Inderscience Enterprises Ltd., 2018)This work presents a new methodology for calculations of spectral radiative energy and radiative exergy to evaluate the performances of concentrated solar power (CSP) systems. Spectral radiative properties and the operating ... -
Radiative transfer configuration factor catalog: a listing of relations for common geometries
(Elsevier, 2011-03)An on-line compilation of radiation configuration factors for over 300 common geometries is provided as a supplementary material from the JQSRT web site at doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2010.10.002. The factors are gathered from ... -
Rapid heating and cooling chamber for a photonics junction measurement system
(IEEE, 2020)Since many industrial applications require heat treatment processes or validation tests under certain ambient temperatures, thermal design is a key issue to be considered in order to ensure fast heating and cooling ... -
Real-time needle tip localization in 2D ultrasound images for robotic biopsies
(IEEE, 2015)In this paper, real-time needle tip tracking method using 2D ultrasound (US) images for robotic biopsies is presented. In this method, the needle tip is estimated with the Gabor filter based image processing algorithm, and ... -
Recent advances in simulating gas permeation through MOF membranes
(Royal Society Publishing, 2021-08-21)In the last two decades, metal organic frameworks (MOFs) have gained increasing attention in membrane-based gas separations due to their tunable structural properties. Computational methods play a critical role in providing ... -
Reducing charging costs for electric vehicles with bi-directional charging
(IEEE, 2023)Electric vehicles (EVs) have gained popularity as eco-friendly and energy-efficient modes of transportation. How-ever, the high cost of charging infrastructure remains a significant barrier to the widespread adoption of ... -
Resolving 500 nm axial separation by multi-slice X-ray ptychography
(International Union of Crystallography, 2019-03)Multi-slice X-ray ptychography offers an approach to achieve images with a nanometre-scale resolution from samples with thicknesses larger than the depth of field of the imaging system by modeling a thick sample as a set ... -
A retrospective view on‘‘3-dimensional radiation in absorbing, emitting and scattering media using discrete-ordinates approximation’’by J.S.Truelove
(Elsevier, 2010-06)Discrete-ordinates (DO) approximations to the radiative transfer equation in three- dimensional enclosures have extensively been used during the last three decades. The 1988 paper by Truelove [1] is one of the pioneering ... -
Revealing the performance of bio-MOFs for adsorption-based uremic toxin separation using molecular simulations
(Elsevier, 2022-03-01)Recently, adsorption-based separation methods have been used to remove uremic toxins from the blood of chronic kidney patients. Among the porous adsorbents, metal organic frameworks (MOFs) are recognized as potential ... -
Review of the main factors controlling the fracture toughness and impact strength properties of natural composites
(IOP Publishing, 2019-02)The main critical factors, which have direct influence on the fracture toughness and imapct strength properties of natural fibers composites, are reviewed in details in this paper. Considering the vast body of literature ... -
Robust locomotion control of a self-balancing and underactuated bipedal exoskeleton: Task prioritization and feedback control
(IEEE, 2021-07)This letter presents a study to understand how an underactuated bipedal exoskeleton with an arbitrary human user can exhibit robust dynamic walking behavior despite severe parameter uncertainty and external disturbances. ... -
Saturated and superheated water vapor condensation on a custom micro-textured surface
(IEEE, 2023)Condensation has a great importance for a large number of technologies such as heat exchangers, distillation columns, heat pipes, and thermal management systems. Vapor changes its phase into liquid when it contacts a surface ...
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