Abstract: This chapter presents the design and preliminary evaluation of a useradaptive ankle foot orthosis (AFO). To begin with, according to structural characteristics of the human ankle as well as foot dimensions of an ablebodied ...

Abstract: Active compressor stability management can play a significant role in the intelligent control of gas turbine engines. The present work utilizes a computer simulation to illustrate the potential ...

Abstract: Rainfall from tropical cyclones (TCs) in Puerto Rico and similar environments can cause extreme riverine flooding accompanied by substantial scour, transport, and sediment deposition. These processes can alter channel and ...

Abstract: To study the noise reduction effect of a variable-bend slat, both experimental and numerical investigations are carried out on a two-dimensional high-lift configuration with a stowed flap at varying angle of attack. With ...

Abstract: Both experimental and theoretical investigations on the heat transfer and flow friction characteristics of compact cold plates have been performed. From the results, the local and average temperature ...

Abstract: Volume conservation during plastic deformation is the most important feature and should be realized in elastoplastic theories. However, it is found in this paper that an elastoplastic theory is not volume conserved if it ...

Abstract: An active engine control scheme for protection against compressor instabilities such as rotating stall and surge is presented. Compressor stability detection is accomplished via a parameter known ...

Abstract: This paper presents a method for estimating compressor stall margin and the results of applying the estimation technique to an axial compressor rig. Stall margin estimation is accomplished through ...

Abstract: As the most critical part of a hydropower station, reversible pump–turbines (RPTs) are facing the trend of high parameterization (e.g., high head and high rotation speed) with the rapid development of hydropower, which ...

Abstract: The continuum over tube applied to natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) should be flexible during insertion and provide sufficient stiffness upon arrival at the lesion. In order to satisfy these two ...