Mechanical & Industrial Engineering: Recent submissions
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Road Profile Estimation Using Full/Quarter-Car Model with Artificial Neural Networks
( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2024 , Conference)The monitoring of road roughness is one of the first and most critical steps in road maintenance. Road networks need constant maintenance to function properly and avoid any hazardous accidents or blockage of the traffic ... -
A MEASUREMENT CAMPAIGN TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECT OF USING SOFT RAILPADS ON GROUND-BORNE VIBRATIONS FROM UNDERGROUND RAILWAYS
( Society of Acoustics , 2023 , Conference)Railway networks may run through or beneath populated regions and significant landmarks. Hence, the ground-borne vibration caused by the trains might affect nearby buildings, residents, and the sensitive equipment within ... -
Publisher Correction: Application of Metastructures for Targeted Low-Frequency Vibration Suppression in Plates
( Springer , 2023 , Article)The publication of this article unfortunately contained a mistake, the Figs. 12b and 14b were missing. Below you can find the complete Figs. 12b and 14b: The original article has been corrected. -
Optimization of Viscoelastic Metamaterials for Vibration Attenuation Properties
( World Scientific , 2020 , Article)Metamaterials (MMs) are composites that are artificially engineered to have unconventional mechanical properties that stem from their microstructural geometry rather than from their chemical composition. Several studies ... -
Reconstruction of Road Defects from Dynamic Vehicle Accelerations by Using the Artificial Neural Networks
( Springer Science and Business Media B.V. , 2023 , Conference)Monitoring of roads is considered the first step in establishing a successful road maintenance program, which includes scheduling adequate maintenance to a certain road section at the right time. Road monitoring assesses ... -
PREDICTING ROAD ROUGHNESS PROFILE USING DYNAMIC VEHICLE ACCELERATIONS AND ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS
( Society of Acoustics , 2022 , Conference)Road roughness can cause ride discomfort and contribute to the emission of ground-borne noise and vibration. A robust monitoring regime of road roughness is essential for the efficient maintenance of a country's road ... -
Using probabilistic neural networks for modeling metal fatigue and random vibration in process pipework
( John Wiley and Sons Inc , 2022 , Article)Many experiments are usually needed to quantify probabilistic fatigue behavior in metals. Previous attempts used separate artificial neural network (ANN) to calculate different probabilistic ranges which can be computationally ... -
Active control of noise in ventilation ducts
( Canadian Acoustical Association , 2019 , Conference)Ventilation ducts are often lined with passive absorption material for both thermal insulation and noise and vibration reduction. However, the noise reduction performance is not significant at low frequencies. Active Noise ... -
Experimental detection of localized surface defects in ball bearings using vibration analysis
( Canadian Acoustical Association , 2019 , Conference)This study aimed at the monitoring of bearing health condition, based on vibration measurement. For that purpose, small circular defects were seeded on outer and inner rings of similar bearings, by using the principle of ... -
Development of a Performance-Enhanced Hybrid Magnetorheological Elastomer-Fluid for Semi-Active Vibration Isolation: Static and Dynamic Experimental Characterization
( MDPI , 2022 , Article)Magnetorheological elastomers (MREs) are a class of emerging smart materials in which their mechanical and rheological properties can be immediately and reversibly altered upon the application of a magnetic field. The ... -
Effect of Carbonyl Iron Particle Types on the Structure and Performance of Magnetorheological Elastomers: A Frequency and Strain Dependent Study
( MDPI , 2022 , Article)Magnetorheological elastomers (MREs) are smart viscoelastic materials in which their physical properties can be altered when subjected to a varying magnetic field strength. MREs consist of an elastomeric matrix mixed with ... -
Magnetorheological Elastomer based torsional vibration isolator for application in a prototype drilling shaft
( SAGE Publications Inc. , 2022 , Article)Smart materials properties are altered using external stimuli such as temperature, pressure and magnetic field. Magnetorheological Elastomer (MRE) is a type of smart composite material consisting of a polymer matrix embedded ... -
Vortex induced vibration energy harvesting using magnetically coupled broadband circular-array piezoelectric patch: Modelling, parametric study, and experiments
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)Piezoelectric composites have become increasingly important in energy harvesting from vibration and, more recently, flow-induced vibration. The compatibility of piezoelectric devices has allowed tuning harvesters to the ... -
Surface Roughness Modelling of the Micromechanically Patterned CNT Forests
( Bentham Science Publishers , 2023 , Article)Introduction: A new method of modelling surface roughness of the resultant structure from various parameters in the microforming of CNT forests has been developed. One of the top-down microforming methods of CNT forests ... -
A hybrid piezoelectric-electromagnetic energy harvester from vortex-induced vibrations in fluid-flow; the influence of boundary condition in tuning the harvester
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)In this paper, a hybrid piezoelectric-electromagnetic energy harvester is proposed to harvest energy from fluid flow around a bluff-body using vortex-induced vibration (VIV). The hybrid piezoelectric-electromagnetic harvester ... -
Energy harvesting from railway slab-tracks with continuous slabs
( SAGE Publications Inc. , 2023 , Article)This paper contributes to the literature and development of knowledge in the topic of energy harvesting by presenting the modelling and calculations of energy from vibration of railway tracks due to moving trains on ... -
Wearable thermoelectric generator with vertically aligned PEDOT:PSS and carbon nanotubes thermoelements for energy harvesting
( John Wiley and Sons Ltd , 2022 , Article)Thermoelectric generators (TEGs) facilitate maintenance-free sustainable energy transduction, making them attractive and feasible options for self-powered wearable electronics. Nonetheless, their energy-conversion process ... -
Novel structural design of wearable thermoelectric generator with vertically oriented thermoelements
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)Energy harvesting technology has become important for wearable electronics, where a continuous power supply is essential. Although a wearable thermoelectric generator (TEG) is a promising option in this context, maintaining ... -
The effect of graphene on the activation energy of grain growth for the nanocrystalline thermoelectric n-type Bi2Te2.7Se0.3
( Springer Nature , 2022 , Article)Even though bismuth telluride is frequently produced by mechanical alloying for thermoelectric materials, no data has been published addressing the thermal behavior and activation energy of the milled n-type Bi2Te2.7Se0.3 ... -
A vortex-induced vibration-based self-tunable airfoil-shaped piezoelectric energy harvester for remote sensing applications in water
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)With growing innovations on the Internet of Things capabilities, automated monitoring and remote sensing applications have become important in the modern world. However, with thousands of distributed sensors and wireless ...
