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Thermal impacts on the performance of nanoscale-gap thermophotovoltaic power generators
(IEEE, 2011-06)The thermal impacts on the performance of nanoscale-gap thermophotovoltaic (nano-TPV) power generators are investigated using a coupled near-field thermal radiation, charge, and heat transport formulation. A nano-TPV device ... -
Thermal performance of a light emitting diode light engine for a multipurpose automotive exterior lighting system with competing board technologies
(ASME, 2017-06-12)In recent years, light emitting diodes (LEDs) have become an attractive technology for general and automotive illumination systems replacing old-fashioned incandescent and halogen systems. LEDs are preferable for automobile ... -
Thresholds for global existence and blow-up in a general class of doubly dispersive nonlocal wave equations
(Elsevier, 2014-01)In this paper we study the global existence and blow-up of solutions for a general class of nonlocal nonlinear wave equations with power-type nonlinearities, View the MathML source, where the nonlocality enters through two ... -
Topology optimization of an anti roll bar of a heavy commercial truck for vehicle dynamics and durability
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2019)Meeting the stringent requirements on fuel economy and emissions is still a challenge for automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). In this study, we consider the light weighting opportunities of a heavy commercial ... -
Topology optimization of constrained and unconstrained damping layers
(Canadian Acoustical Association, 2019)Damping is an effective way of suppressing mechanical vibrations. Passive constrained and unconstrained layer damping patches are often used in the industry as damping solution for vibrations and acoustics problems. In ... -
Topology optimization-based design and development of a compact actuator with a high torque-to-weight ratio for quadrupeds
(IEEE, 2022)This paper presents the design, development, and testing procedures for a compact actuator with a high torque-to-weight ratio, generally aimed to actuate legged robots, e.g., quadrupeds. The main goal of designing the ... -
Torque and variable stiffness control for antagonistically driven pneumatic muscle actuators via a stable force feedback controller
(IEEE, 2015)This paper describes a novel controller that is capable of simultaneously controlling torque and variable stiffness in real-time, for actuators with antagonistically driven pneumatic artificial muscles (PAMs). To this end, ... -
A torque matched aerodynamic performance analysis method for the horizontal axis wind turbines
(Wiley, 2013-11)An analysis method is developed to test the operational performance of a horizontal axis wind turbines. The rotor is constrained to the torque–speed characteristic of the coupled generator. Therefore, the operational ... -
Towards active tracking of beating heart motion in the presence of arrhythmia for robotic assisted beating heart surgery
(Plos, 2014-07-21)In robotic assisted beating heart surgery, the control architecture for heart motion tracking has stringent requirements in terms of bandwidth of the motion that needs to be tracked. In order to achieve sufficient tracking ... -
Towards balance recovery control for lower body exoskeleton robots with variable stiffness actuators: spring-loaded flywheel model
(IEEE, 2015)This paper presents a biologically-inspired real-time balance recovery control strategy that is applied to a lower body exoskeleton with variable physical stiffness actuators at its ankle joints. For this purpose, a torsional ... -
Towards crutch-free 3-D walking support with the lower body exoskeleton Co-Ex: Self-balancing squatting experiments
(Springer, 2022)In this paper, we succinctly present the hardware properties and capabilities of the lower body exoskeleton Co-Ex, which was developed to attain self-balancing and crutch-free walking support for those experiencing ambulatory ... -
Transdisciplinarity as a learning challenge: Student experiences and outcomes in an innovative course on wearable and collaborative robotics
Contribution: This study provides evidence for the benefit of short online courses for transdisciplinary competence development of graduate students. It shows the significant challenges students face while learning, and ... -
Tunable near-field radiative transfer by III–V group compound semiconductors
(IOP Publishing, 2019-03-06)Near-field radiative transfer (NFRT) refers to the energy transfer mechanism which takes place between media separated by distances comparable to or much smaller than the dominant wavelength of emission. NFRT is due to the ... -
Turbulence impact on wind turbines: experimental investigations on a wind turbine model
(IOP Publishing, 2016)Experimental investigations have been conducted by exposing an efficient wind turbine model to different turbulence levels in a wind tunnel. Nearly isotropic turbulence is generated by using two static squared grids: fine ... -
A type-2 fuzzy controller for floating tension-leg platforms in wind turbines
(MDPI, 2022-03)This paper proposes a type-2 fuzzy controller for floating tension-leg platforms in wind turbines. Its main objective is to stabilize and control offshore floating wind turbines exposed to oscillating motions. The proposed ... -
Understanding selectivity on Germanium/SiO2 chemical mechanical planarization through design of experiments
(Cambridge University Press, 2015)The continuous trend of achieving more complex microelectronics with smaller nodes yet larger wafer sizes in microelectronics manufacturing lead to aggressive development requirements for chemical mechanical planarization ... -
A unified Monte Carlo treatment of the transport of electromagnetic energy, electrons, and phonons in absorbing and scattering media
(Elsevier, 2010-02)The scalar Boltzmann transport equation (BTE) is often applicable to radiative energy transfer, electron–beam propagation, as well as thermal conduction by electrons and phonons provided that the characteristic length of ... -
Üretim parametrelerinin, lazer toz yatağı füzyon yöntemi ile üretilen kafes yapıların çarpılma, boyutsal değişim ve yüzey pürüzlülüğü üzerindeki etkisi
(Gazi Üniversitesi, 2023)Yüksek ısı transfer kabiliyeti, enerji absorbe edebilme ve ses izolasyonu özelliklerinden dolayı kafes yapılar havacılık, otomotiv ve biyomedikal sanayii başta olmak üzere birçok alanda kullanılmaktadır. Kafes yapıların ... -
Validation and comparison of 2D and 3D numerical simulations of flow in simplex nozzles
(Europe, Institute for Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, ILASS, 2021-08-31)Numerical simulations of pressure swirl atomizers are computationally expensive due to transient and multiphase flow behavior. In this study, 2D and 3D VOF simulations are performed for a geomerty which has high swirl ... -
Variable ankle stiffness improves balance control: experiments on a bipedal exoskeleton
(IEEE, 2016-02)This paper proposes a real-time balance control technique that can be implemented to bipedal robots (exoskeletons, humanoids) whose ankle joints are powered via variable physical stiffness actuators. To achieve active ...
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