Identification of the dynamics of a complex robotic system accurately from first principles is challenging and often infeasible. Simplifying assumptions commonly made in modeling such systems often restrict their scope and ...

Metal powders are predominantly produced using processes derived from atomization, which, apart from being highly energy intensive, are also inflexible and very material specific. These limitations are particularly acute ...

In this work, the linear stability of compressible shear flows in channels and pipes are studied. A steady fully-developed laminar flow of an ideal gas, driven in a channel and a pipe by a constant body acceleration, is ...

Thermal energy storage systems (TESS) based on chemisorption/thermochemical reactions have several advantages over conventional thermal storage systems based on sensible and latent heat. The advantages include high energy ...

Hydrogels are soft materials that exhibit nonlinear mechanical behavior under large deformations but can fail catastrophically, limiting their applications. Developing tough, biocompatible hydrogels with high strength and ...

Assembly planning pertains to the process of creating a complete plan for fabricating the product from its constituent parts, considering the final product geometry and resources available at the manufacturing facility. ...

Potential of using supercritical CO2 (sCO2) as a working fluid for the next generation of thermal power plants is being actively pursued by researchers across the world. CO2 has a critical temperature of 31.1 °C and a ...

A liquid droplet placed on a heated substrate at temperatures significantly higher than the saturation temperature of the liquid levitates over a thin film of vapor and is termed as a Leidenfrost (LF) droplet. Leidenfrost ...

In a tribo-system, the frictional resistance during a sliding process depends on several parameters. These parameters include the interacting materials, their surface topography, contact conditions such as normal load, ...

Fluid-structure interactions (FSI) represent a class of engineering problems which involve a two-way coupling between the solid motion and the fluid flow. The deformation of the solid caused by the fluid forces at the ...