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Electrospinning Processing Techniques For The Manufacturing Of Composite Dielectric Elastomer Fibers, Rani Elhajjar
Electrospinning Processing Techniques For The Manufacturing Of Composite Dielectric Elastomer Fibers, Rani Elhajjar
Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty Articles
Dielectric elastomers (DE) are novel composite architectures capable of large actuation strains and the ability to be formed into a variety of actuator configurations. However, the high voltage requirement of DE actuators limits their applications for a variety of applications. Fiber actuators composed of DE fibers are particularly attractive as they can be formed into artificial muscle architectures. The interest in manufacturing micro or nanoscale DE fibers is increasing due to the possible applications in tissue engineering, filtration, drug delivery, catalysis, protective textiles, and sensors. Drawing, self-assembly, template-direct synthesis, and electrospinning processing have been explored to manufacture these fibers. Electrospinning …
Probabilistic Reliability Analysis Of Electric Power Systems With Smart Grid Technologies And Water Distribution Networks: Modeling, Assessment, And Comparison, Ruosong Xiao
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With the rapid growth of population, the modern human society is becoming more and more dependent on the proper operation of critical infrastructures - the interconnected electrical power system, the drinking water distribution and supply system, the natural gas transmission and distribution system, and so forth. It has become an important issue to maintain reliable functions of these critical systems. As a result, comprehensive reliability evaluation is highly needed to quantify their reliability in an objective manner. Conventionally, deterministic criteria were used in reliability evaluations. However, it lacked the ability to model and quantify the stochastic nature of system behaviors …