Abstract: The modeling of the mean entropy generation rate Sآ·"' genآ¯ due to combined actions of viscous dissipation, irreversible chemical reaction, thermal conduction and mass diffusion (i.e., Tآ¯1,Tآ¯2,Tآ¯3, and Tآ¯4) in the ...

Abstract: We present a principled method for motion prediction via dynamic simulation for rigid bodies in intermittent contact with each other where the contact region is a planar non-convex contact patch. Such methods are useful ...

Abstract: In this paper, we discuss the convergence of recent advances in deep neural networks (DNNs) with the design of robotic mechanisms, which entails the conceptualization of the design problem as a learning problem from the ...

Abstract: The design of robots at the small scale is a trial-and-error based process, which is costly and time-consuming. There are few dynamic simulation tools available to accurately predict the motion or performance of untethered ...

Abstract: In this paper, we present a novel three-degree-of-freedom (3-DoF) series-parallel hybrid mechanism for a robotic finger that is capable of abduction/adduction and flexion/extension. The series-parallel fingers proposed in ...

Abstract: The effects of inclination 180deg≥د†â‰¥0deg on steadystate laminar natural convection of yieldstress fluids, modeled assuming a Bingham approach, have been numerically analyzed for nominal values of Rayleigh number Ra ...

Abstract: In this study, a three-dimensional (3D) agglomerate model of an anion exchange membrane (AEM) fuel cell is proposed in order to analyze the influence of the composition of the catalyst layers (CLs) on overall fuel cell ...