Mechanical & Industrial Engineering: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
AIRFOIL-BASED SELF-ADJUSTABLE PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY HARVESTER IN FLUID-FLOW APPLICATIONS FOR PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION
( Society of Acoustics , 2022 , Conference Paper)Piezoelectric vibration energy harvesters can be utilized to harvest kinetic energy from fluid flow for remote sensing applications. Vortex formation behind a bluff body that is coupled to a beam oscillates with two ... -
MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL ELASTOMER-BASED FLEXIBLE COUPLING FOR TORSIONAL VIBRATION ISOLATION
( Society of Acoustics , 2022 , Conference Paper)Employing vibration isolation can avoid the detrimental effects of unattenuated torsional vibrations on rotary mechanical equipment. Semi-active vibration isolators can effectively reduce the vibration levels in mechanical ... -
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 ... -
A Promising Electrochemical Sensor Platform for the Detection of Dopamine Using CuO-NiO/rGO Composite
( John Wiley and Sons Inc , 2023 , Article)Dopamine plays a significant role in the proper functioning of the central nervous system. Hence, the ability to sense levels of dopamine is pivotal in diagnosis and treatment procedures. For sensing dopamine, a mixed metal ... -
Electrochemical Nonenzymatic Acetone Sensing: A Novel Approach of Biosensor Platform Based on CNT/CuO Nanosystems
( John Wiley and Sons Inc , 2023 , Article)A promising approach for noninvasive medical diagnosis may be to measure the VOCs produced by metabolic changes or pathological disorders in human sweat, such as measuring the acetone levels in the presence of diabetes. ... -
Dynamic behavior modelling of a hybrid magnetorheological elastomer with encapsulated fluid for base vibration isolation
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)Magnetorheological elastomers (MRE) based semi-active isolators utilize MREs whose mechanical properties, such as stiffness and damping, change in response to an external magnetic field. MREs implementation in semi-active ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
An enhanced distance-dependent electric field model for contact-separation triboelectric nanogenerator: Air-breakdown limit as a case study
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)Theoretical models have been proposed to bring an in-depth understanding of the working mechanisms of triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs), aiming to enhance their output performance. This work proposes an enhanced ... -
DEVELOPMENT OF SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY (SMA) BASED ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE FOR APPLICATION IN SOFT GRIPPER
( Taylor's University , 2023 , Article)Soft robotics is a branch of robotics that utilize soft materials instead of the common rigid links. Shape memory alloy (SMA) wire has the advantage of being compact and lightweight, as they only require simple control ... -
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 ... -
Design and Development of a Smart Vibration Absorber
( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2024 , Conference Paper)High-rise buildings have become normalized for urban cities as it minimizes the available land used to house many tenants. The stability of the buildings is often subjected to extraneous loading from the wind and ground. ... -
Electrostatic-hydraulic coupled soft actuator for micropump application
( Institute of Physics , 2024 , Article)The development of a soft actuator with high displacement is crucial for the effective operation of micropumps, ensuring a high fluid pump rate. This study introduces an innovative approach by presenting the design and ... -
Monolithic Carbon Nanotube Film Thermoelectric Generator
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2024 , Article)The design and development of a thermoelectric generator (TEG) with minimal internal resistance is crucial for achieving high output power in self-powered wearable technologies. This work presents a novel flexible TEG ... -
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 ... -
Effect of individually controlled personalized ventilation on cross-contamination due to respiratory activities
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)While personalized ventilation (PV) has been integrated to enhance inhaled air quality, some studies showed that it can contribute to contaminants' transport indoors. This work investigates the effect of the individual ... -
Numerical evaluation of the thermal performance of a near-surface earth-to-air heat exchanger with short-grass ground cover: A parametric study
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)High energy consumption and increasing energy cost have encouraged investment in energy efficiency. In hot areas, like the Middle East, the share of space cooling accounts for most of the total energy use in buildings. ... -
Analysis and optimization of concentrated solar power plant for application in arid climate
( John Wiley and Sons Ltd , 2021 , Article)In this research study, the concentrated solar power (CSP) technology is reviewed for designing and optimizing a CSP tower plant for arid climate regions such as Qatar. A database for all CSP projects around the world is ...