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The Importance of Transparency in Regulation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1/5/2023 1)The annual audit plan of the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), which was issued in November 2020, included an audit of the NRC’s practice of allowing “drop-in” visits. These ... -
A Computational Fluid Dynamics Investigation Comparing the Performance of an Alternative Valvetrain Design Against a Traditional Poppet Valvetrain
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)The poppet valve is by far the most widely used in cylinder head design of internal combustion (IC) engines; however, poppet valves themselves create significant flow restrictions during both the intake and exhaust strokes, ... -
Approach to Automation of Line Heating by Combination of Reinforcement Learning and Finite Element Method Simulation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)In recent years, ship hulls have very complicated shapes in order to reduce frictional resistance and wave resistance during navigation. In particular, in the bow and stern, curved skin plates with complex shapes are used. ... -
Automatically Landing an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Using Perspective-n-Point Algorithm Based on Known Runway Image: Area Localization and Feature Enhancement With Time Consumption Reduction
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)This research proposes a method to track a known runway image to land an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) automatically by finding a perspective transform between the known image and an input image in real-time. Apparently, ... -
Large Amplitude Free and Forced Vibrations of Functionally Graded Timoshenko Beams Using Coupled Displacement Field Method
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)The large amplitude vibrations of functionally graded (FG) beams consisting of metal rich layers at the bottom, ceramic rich layers at the top, and a concentrated mass at the mid-span have been studied using coupled ... -
Design and Characterization of a Flexible Self-Inflating Mechanical Structure
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Inflatable structures are commonly used in a variety of engineering applications such as robotics, space structures, medical devices, and automotive safety devices. However, inflation in these systems often requires a ... -
Adsorption of Volatile Organic Compounds Onto Biomass-Derived Activated Carbons: Experimental Measurement and Comparison
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are a class of hazardous gaseous materials emitted from certain solids or liquids. They are thought to possess serious short- or long-term adverse effects on human health. Nowadays, an ... -
On Topological Data Analysis for Structural Dynamics: An Introduction to Persistent Homology
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Topological methods can provide a way of proposing new metrics and methods of scrutinizing data, that otherwise may be overlooked. A method of quantifying the shape of data, via a topic called topological data analysis ... -
Propulsion Cost Changes of UltraLightweight Manual Wheelchairs After One Year of Simulated Use
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Manual wheelchairs are available with folding or rigid frames to meet the preferences and needs of individual users. Folding styles are commonly regarded as more portable and storable, whereas rigid frames are commonly ... -
Product Competition Prediction in Engineering Design Using Graph Neural Networks
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Understanding relationships between different products in a market system and predicting how changes in design impact their market position can be instrumental for companies to create better products. We propose a graph ... -
Revisiting the Industrial Pneumatic Technology—An Innovative Development for an Increased Energetic Efficiency
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)A new pneumatic cylinder assembly is proposed as an alternative to classical cylinders which are well known for their poor energetic efficiency. The new system comprises an added expansion volume which permits to recover ... -
Progress of Additive Manufacturing Technology and Its Medical Applications
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Additive manufacturing (AM), also known as threedimensional (3D) printing, is a disruptive technology that is revolutionizing many industries. It is gaining considerable attention, particularly in the medical field as it ... -
Predicting the Aerial Application of Dispersant Onto an Oil Spill
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)The release of dispersant from an aircraft onto an oil spill is simulated using the AGDISPpro computer model, to develop a better understanding of how aircraft type, spray systems, and meteorological conditions affect the ... -
Design, Development, and Validation of a Whole-Body Vibration Measurement Device
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Measurements of whole-body vibration are fundamental to access and evaluate comfort levels and possible injury development in the human being. International standards such as ISO 2631 and ISO 10326 are dedicated to the ... -
An Equation for the Bulk Modulus of Composites Derived From the Effective Medium Theory
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Bulk modulus has wide applications in well engineering, seismic exploration, waste reinjection, and predicting pore pressure in carbonate reservoirs. However, there is no easy way to obtain accurate values for the effective ... -
Hybrid Positioning Approach for Context-Aware Indoor Navigation of Visually Impaired People
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Indoor localization for visually impaired persons is an open research problem, and individual localization approaches have failed to provide accurate results in the literature. Therefore, this paper presents a context-aware ... -
Hexagonal Twist Origami Pattern for Deployable Space Arrays
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)The hexagonal twist origami pattern has characteristics that made it a candidate for nextgeneration deployable space arrays. It has a deployed area that is up to 3.3 times larger than the stowed area, has a singledegreeoffreedom ... -
Influence of Accident-Tolerant Fuel With Steel Cladding for Sustainable Heat Transfer in the Reactor Core of VVER-1200
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Since the events at the Fukushima–Daiichi nuclear power plant, there has been increased interest in developing accident tolerant fuel (ATF) to avoid accidents for light water reactors where Uranium-Silicide-based fuel has ... -
Multi-Objective Optimization of an Axial Flow Turbine Design Using Surrogate Modeling and Genetic Algorithm
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)A surrogate model-based multi-objective design optimization methodology using a nondominated sorting genetic algorithm is used to maximize the power output and efficiency of an axial flow turbine. A set of high-fidelity ... -
Viscous Dissipation and Joule Heating Effects on 3D Magnetohydrodynamics Flow of Williamson Nanofluid in a Porous Medium Over a Stretching Surface With Melting Condition
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)The aim of the current article is to demonstrate heat transfer characteristics of Williamson nanofluid flow through a stretching surface with a porous medium in two lateral directions. Heat generation, nonlinear thermal ...