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Full-Text Articles in Mechanical Engineering
Detecting Structural Defects Using Novel Smart Sensory And Sensor-Less Approaches, Amin Baghalian
Detecting Structural Defects Using Novel Smart Sensory And Sensor-Less Approaches, Amin Baghalian
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Monitoring the mechanical integrity of critical structures is extremely important, as mechanical defects can potentially have adverse impacts on their safe operability throughout their service life. Structural defects can be detected by using active structural health monitoring (SHM) approaches, in which a given structure is excited with harmonic mechanical waves generated by actuators. The response of the structure is then collected using sensor(s) and is analyzed for possible defects, with various active SHM approaches available for analyzing the response of a structure to single- or multi-frequency harmonic excitations. In order to identify the appropriate excitation frequency, however, the majority of …
Robot Control For Remote Ophthalmology And Pediatric Physical Rehabilitation, Melissa Morris
Robot Control For Remote Ophthalmology And Pediatric Physical Rehabilitation, Melissa Morris
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The development of a robotic slit-lamp for remote ophthalmology is the primary purpose of this work. In addition to novel mechanical designs and implementation, it was also a goal to develop a control system that was flexible enough to be adapted with minimal user adjustment to various styles and configurations of slit-lamps. The system was developed with intentions of commercialization, so common hardware was used for all components to minimize the costs. In order to improve performance using this low-cost hardware, investigations were made to attempt to achieve better performance by applying control theory algorithms in the system software. Ultimately, …