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Hybrid Translation And Language Model For Micro Learning Material Recommendation, Jiayin Lin
Hybrid Translation And Language Model For Micro Learning Material Recommendation, Jiayin Lin
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A
As an emerging pedagogy, micro learning aims to make use of people’s fragmented spare time and provide personalized online learning service, for example, by pushing fragmented knowledge to specific learners. In the context of big data, the recommender system is the key factor for realizing the online personalization service, which significantly determines what information will be fmally accessed by the target learners. In the education discipline, due to the pedagogical requirements and the domain characteristics, ranking recommended learning materials is essential for maintaining the outcome of the massive learning scenario. However, many widely used recommendation strategies in other domains showed …
Effect Of Grain Size On Springback And System Energy In Micro V-Bending With Phosphor Bronze Foil, Zhi Fang, Zhengyi Jiang, Xiaogang Wang, Cunlong Zhou, Xianming Zhao, Xiaoming Zhang, Di Wu
Effect Of Grain Size On Springback And System Energy In Micro V-Bending With Phosphor Bronze Foil, Zhi Fang, Zhengyi Jiang, Xiaogang Wang, Cunlong Zhou, Xianming Zhao, Xiaoming Zhang, Di Wu
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In this paper, the effect of grain size on springback in the micro V-bending process of phosphor bronze foil (face-centered cubic structure) is investigated. Grain size effect is expressed by the ratio of material thickness (T) to average grain size (D), and these T/D values are divided into three groups: larger than 1, less than 1, and approximately equal to 1. It has been found that springback angles were the lowest when T/D ≈ 1. Electron backscattering diffraction (EBSD) measurement results show that the twinning boundaries change with the ratios of T/D before and after bending. When T/D > 1, the …
Microstructure And Micro-Texture Evolution During The Dynamic Recrystallisation Of A Ni-30fe-Nb-C Model Alloy, Parvez Mannan, Ahmed A. Saleh, Azdiar A. Gazder, Gilberto Casillas, Elena V. Pereloma
Microstructure And Micro-Texture Evolution During The Dynamic Recrystallisation Of A Ni-30fe-Nb-C Model Alloy, Parvez Mannan, Ahmed A. Saleh, Azdiar A. Gazder, Gilberto Casillas, Elena V. Pereloma
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The evolution of microstructure and micro-texture during discontinuous dynamic recrystallisation of an austenitic Ni-30Fe-Nb-C model alloy subjected to interrupted plane strain compression at strains (ε) of 0.23, 0.35, 0.68, 0.85 and 1.2 was investigated using electron backscattering diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. Throughout the strain range, the majority of dynamic recrystallisation events comprised nucleation in necklace-like arrangements located at and along grain boundaries via bulging. At ε ≥ 0.68, discrete nucleation events were also observed within grain interiors. Grain growth during dynamic recrystallisation is characteristic of strain induced boundary migration. The initial texture comprised Cube-RD ({013}〈100〉), Cube-ND ({001}〈310〉) and Cube …
Effects Of Hydraulic Pressure On Wrinkling And Earing In Micro Hydro Deep Drawing Of Sus304 Circular Cups, Liang Luo, Dongbin Wei, Xiaogang Wang, Cunlong Zhou, Qingxue Huang, Jianzhong Xu, Di Wu, Zhengyi Jiang
Effects Of Hydraulic Pressure On Wrinkling And Earing In Micro Hydro Deep Drawing Of Sus304 Circular Cups, Liang Luo, Dongbin Wei, Xiaogang Wang, Cunlong Zhou, Qingxue Huang, Jianzhong Xu, Di Wu, Zhengyi Jiang
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Influences of hydraulic pressure on forming features in micro hydro deep drawing are different from those in normal drawing due to the small size of specimens. In this study, micro hydro deep drawing of SUS304 sheets was carried out in order to study the impacts of the hydraulic pressure on the quality of the drawn cup. Experimental results indicate that there is a critical hydraulic pressure range from 3 to 6 % of the blank's initial yield stress, where wrinkling and earing development trends change twice. The wrinkling and the earing of the drawn cup also reach their local extremes …
A New Micro Scale Fe Model Of Crystalline Materials In Micro Forming Process, Liang Luo, Haibo Xie, Dongbin Wei, Xiaogang Wang, Cunlong Zhou, Zhengyi Jiang
A New Micro Scale Fe Model Of Crystalline Materials In Micro Forming Process, Liang Luo, Haibo Xie, Dongbin Wei, Xiaogang Wang, Cunlong Zhou, Zhengyi Jiang
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Micro forming of metals has drawn global attention due to the increasing requirement of micro metal products. However, the size effects become significant in micro forming processes and affect the application of finite element (FE) simulation of micro forming processes. Dividing samples into small areas according to their microstructures and assigning individual properties to each small area are a possible access to micro forming simulation considering material size effects. In this study, a new model that includes both grains and their boundaries was developed based on the observed microstructures of samples. The divided subareas in the model have exact shapes …
Finite Element Method Analysis Of Surface Roughness Transfer In Micro Flexible Rolling, Feijun Qu, Haibo Xie, Zhengyi Jiang
Finite Element Method Analysis Of Surface Roughness Transfer In Micro Flexible Rolling, Feijun Qu, Haibo Xie, Zhengyi Jiang
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Micro flexible rolling aims to fabricate submillimeter thick strips with varying thickness profile, where the surface quality of products is mainly determined by initial workpiece surface roughness and subsequent surface asperity flattening process, which is affected by process parameters during rolling. This paper shows a 3D finite element model for flexible rolling of a 250 μm thick workpiece with reduction of 20 to 50%, and rolling phase with thinner thickness indicates a better ability to decrease the surface roughness. Four types of initial workpiece surface roughness are studied in the simulation, and the influences of process parameters, such as friction …
Lubrication Characterisation Analysis Of Stainless Steel Foil During Micro Rolling, Haibo Xie, Kenichi Manabe, Tsuyoshi Furushima, Kazuo Tada, Zhengyi Jiang
Lubrication Characterisation Analysis Of Stainless Steel Foil During Micro Rolling, Haibo Xie, Kenichi Manabe, Tsuyoshi Furushima, Kazuo Tada, Zhengyi Jiang
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Physical parameters, such as microscopic and roughness, play important roles in microforming process due to an increasing ratio of surface to volume of the deformed material. The study on lubrication characterisation in microforming is getting more attractive to researchers because traditional models are not reliable in this scaled down process. In this study, the micro rolling deformation characterisation has been investigated on SUS 304 stainless steel considering lubricant effect and feature size effect. The foil thickness plays an important role in the tribological features of micro rolling. The evolutions of both oil film thickness and foil surface are analysed accordingly. …
An Experimental And Numerical Investigation On Micro Rolling For Ultra-Thin Strip, Haibo Xie, Kenichi Manabe, Tsuyoshi Furushima, Kazuo Tada, Zhengyi Jiang
An Experimental And Numerical Investigation On Micro Rolling For Ultra-Thin Strip, Haibo Xie, Kenichi Manabe, Tsuyoshi Furushima, Kazuo Tada, Zhengyi Jiang
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The demand for miniaturized parts and miniaturized semi-finished products is increasing nowadays, because microforming processes can improve production rate and minimize material waste due to less forming passes. However, traditional macro metal forming processes and modelling cannot be simply scaled down to produce miniaturized micro parts. In this study, a 2-Hi micro rolling mill has been successfully built. Experimental and numerical investigations on the micro rolling process for ultra-thin SUS 304 stainless steel strip have been conducted. The experimental results show that the micro rolling deformation of ultra-thin strip is influenced by size effect which results from the specimen size …
Analysis Of Micro Flexible Rolling With Consideration Of Material Heterogeneity, Feijun Qu, Zhengyi Jiang, Haina Lu
Analysis Of Micro Flexible Rolling With Consideration Of Material Heterogeneity, Feijun Qu, Zhengyi Jiang, Haina Lu
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This paper establishes a finite element model to numerically study the springback in thickness direction during micro flexible rolling process, in which 3D Voronoi tessellation has been applied to describe grain boundary and generation process of grain in the workpiece. To reflect material heterogeneity, nine kinds of mechanical properties defined by nine types of heterogeneity coefficients are selected and assigned to Voronoi polyhedrons as per the statistical distribution of hardness of grains identified by micro hardness testing. Initial workpiece thicknesses of 100, 250 and 500 μm with reduction changing from 20% to 50% are respectively considered in the numerical simulation …
Thin Silicon Strip Detectors For Beam Monitoring In Micro-Beam Radiation Therapy, Marco Povoli, Enver Alagoz, Alberto Bravin, Iwan Cornelius, E Bräuer-Krisch, Pauline Fournier, Thor E. Hansen, Angela Kok, Michael L. F Lerch, E Monakhov, J Morse, Marco Petasecca, Herwig Requardt, Anatoly B. Rosenfeld, D Röhrich, H Sandaker, M Salome, B Stugu
Thin Silicon Strip Detectors For Beam Monitoring In Micro-Beam Radiation Therapy, Marco Povoli, Enver Alagoz, Alberto Bravin, Iwan Cornelius, E Bräuer-Krisch, Pauline Fournier, Thor E. Hansen, Angela Kok, Michael L. F Lerch, E Monakhov, J Morse, Marco Petasecca, Herwig Requardt, Anatoly B. Rosenfeld, D Röhrich, H Sandaker, M Salome, B Stugu
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Microbeam Radiation Therapy (MRT) is an emerging cancer treatment that is currently being developed at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble, France. This technique uses a highly collimated and fractionated X-ray beam array with extremely high dose rate and very small divergence, to benefit from the dose-volume effect, thus sparing healthy tissue. In case of any beam anomalies and system malfunctions, special safety measures must be installed, such as an emergency safety shutter that requires continuous monitoring of the beam intensity profile. Within the 3DMiMic project, a novel silicon strip detector that can tackle the special features of …
Micro Sheet Hydroforming Process Of Ultra-Thin Pure Titanium Foil, Hideki Sato, Kenichi Manabe, Dongbin Wei, Zhengyi Jiang, Daiki Kondo
Micro Sheet Hydroforming Process Of Ultra-Thin Pure Titanium Foil, Hideki Sato, Kenichi Manabe, Dongbin Wei, Zhengyi Jiang, Daiki Kondo
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A micro hydromechanical deep drawing is carried out using the pure titanium and the effect of fluid pressure on formability of pure titanium is investigated. The experiments are performed using the two kinds of pure titanium foils (TR270C-H and TR270C-O) and stainless steel foil (SUS304-H) with 50 thickness and the cylindrical and conical punches. As a result, it is found that the peeling off the oxide film of pure titanium can be reduced by applying the fluid pressure because the friction force and contact pressure between the blank and die decreases. However, the formability is lower for pure titanium than …
Mlaas: A Cloud System For Mobile Micro Learning In Mooc, Geng Sun, Tingru Cui, Shiping Chen, Wanwu Guo, Jun Shen
Mlaas: A Cloud System For Mobile Micro Learning In Mooc, Geng Sun, Tingru Cui, Shiping Chen, Wanwu Guo, Jun Shen
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Drawing Micro Learning Into Mooc: Using Fragmented Pieces Of Time To Enable Effective Entire Course Learning Experiences, Geng Sun, Tingru Cui, Jianming Yong, Jun Shen, Shiping Chen
Drawing Micro Learning Into Mooc: Using Fragmented Pieces Of Time To Enable Effective Entire Course Learning Experiences, Geng Sun, Tingru Cui, Jianming Yong, Jun Shen, Shiping Chen
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A
Recently the massive open online course (MOOC) is an emerging trend that attracts many educators’ and researchers’ attentions. Based on our pilot study focusing on the development and operation of MOOC in Australia, we found MOOC is featured with mastery learning and blended learning, but it suffers from low completion rates. Brining micro learning into MOOC can be a feasible solution to improve current MOOC delivery and learning experience. We design a system which aims to provide adaptive micro learning contents as well as learning path identifications customized for each individual learner. To investigate how micro learning can impact learning …
Development Of Servo-Type Micro-Hydromechanical Deep-Drawing Apparatus And Micro Deep-Drawing Experiments Of Circular Cups, Hideki Sato, Kenichi Manabe, Kikukatsu Ito, Dongbin Wei, Zhengyi Jiang
Development Of Servo-Type Micro-Hydromechanical Deep-Drawing Apparatus And Micro Deep-Drawing Experiments Of Circular Cups, Hideki Sato, Kenichi Manabe, Kikukatsu Ito, Dongbin Wei, Zhengyi Jiang
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A micro-hydromechanical deep-drawing (MHDD) apparatus for manufacturing a micro-complex-shape components and increasing of drawn cup accuracy has been developed in this study. This apparatus with simple tooling structure and forming process can achieve high dimensional accuracy using servo press mechanics with a double-action type, one-stroke forming process without transferring and positioning, force control, and fine flow rate control of the pressure medium. The developed MHDD apparatus can prevent wrinkling by applying an appropriate constant gap and Stably generate the counterpressure. Micro drawn cups of 0.8 mm diameter are successfully fabricated. Also, the effects of counterpressure on drawability and dimensional accuracy …
Classification Of Micro-Doppler Signatures Of Human Motions Using Log-Gabor Filters, Fok Hing Chi Tivive, Son Lam Phung, Abdesselam Bouzerdoum
Classification Of Micro-Doppler Signatures Of Human Motions Using Log-Gabor Filters, Fok Hing Chi Tivive, Son Lam Phung, Abdesselam Bouzerdoum
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In recent years, Doppler radar has been used as a sensing modality for human gait recognition, due to its ability to operate in adverse weather and penetrate opaque obstacles. Doppler radar captures not only the speed of the target, but also the micro-motions of its moving parts. These micro-motions induce frequency modulations that can be used to characterise the target movements. However, a major challenge in Doppler signal processing is to extract discriminative features from the radar returns for target classification. This study presents a feature extraction method for classification of human motions from the micro-Doppler radar signal. The proposed …
Experimental And Numerical Study Of Micro Deep Drawing, Liang Luo, Zhengyi Jiang, Dongbin Wei, Kenichi Manabe, Hideki Sato
Experimental And Numerical Study Of Micro Deep Drawing, Liang Luo, Zhengyi Jiang, Dongbin Wei, Kenichi Manabe, Hideki Sato
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Micro forming is a key technology for an industrial miniaturisation trend, and micro deep drawing (MDD) is a typical micro forming method. It has great advantages comparing to other micro manufacturing methods, such as net forming ability, mass production potential, high product quality and complex 3D metal products fabrication capacity. Meanwhile, it is facing difficulties, for example the so-called size effects, once scaled down to micro scale. To investigate and to solve the problems in MDD, a combined micro blanking-drawing machine is employed and an explicit-implicit micro deep drawing model with a voronoi blank model is developed. Through heat treatment …
Towards Bringing Adaptive Micro Learning Into Mooc Courses, Geng Sun, Tingru Cui, Kuanching Li, Dongming Xu, Shiping Chen, Jun Shen, Wanwu Guo
Towards Bringing Adaptive Micro Learning Into Mooc Courses, Geng Sun, Tingru Cui, Kuanching Li, Dongming Xu, Shiping Chen, Jun Shen, Wanwu Guo
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A
In this paper we illustrate a proposal with regard to providing learners adaptive micro learning experiences, which can be fulfilled within fragmented time pieces. The framework of our system is demonstrated, while it aims to deliver customized micro learning contents taking into account learners’ specific demands, learning styles, preference and context.
Formability Of Micro Sheet Hydroforming Of Ultra-Fine Grained Stainless Steel, Hideki Sato, Kenichi Manabe, Daiki Kondo, Dongbin Wei, Zhengyi Jiang
Formability Of Micro Sheet Hydroforming Of Ultra-Fine Grained Stainless Steel, Hideki Sato, Kenichi Manabe, Daiki Kondo, Dongbin Wei, Zhengyi Jiang
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The formability of ultra-fine grained stainless steel is investigated in micro hydromechanical deep drawing. The materials used are ultra-fine grained stainless steel and SUS304-H with thickness of 20 and 50 m. The micro cups are successfully fabricated for the ultra-fine grained stainless steel but it cannot be fabricated for SUS304-H with thickness of 20 μm. The fracture type of ultra-fine grained stainless steel foil is the shortage of tensile strength at plain strain state and does not change with a decrease of the thickness. In contrast, the fracture type of SUS304-H foil changes to the bending deformation with decreasing the …
Numerical Study On Springback With Size Effect In Micro V-Bending, Zhi Fang, Haina Lu, Dongbin Wei, Zhengyi Jiang, Xianming Zhao, Di Wu
Numerical Study On Springback With Size Effect In Micro V-Bending, Zhi Fang, Haina Lu, Dongbin Wei, Zhengyi Jiang, Xianming Zhao, Di Wu
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With the development of microforming technology, the demand on accuracy of the metallic micro components is elevating. While springback phenomenon which is inevitable during bending process, can cause unpredicted dimensional error, bringing difficulties to the downstream assembly, and let alone the springback in microforming as the measurements of tools and workpieces downsize hundreds even thousands times. This paper focuses on the springback effect that occurs after the micro Vbending a classic processing method to manufacture microparts. Numerical simulation has been conducted to investigate the size effect in terms of Voronoi tessellation and springback. A finite element (FE) model of the …
Potential Of Fluid Pressure Use For Achieving High Formability In Micro Sheet Forming Process, Hideki Sato, Kenichi Manabe, Dongbin Wei, Zhengyi Jiang, Daiki Kondo
Potential Of Fluid Pressure Use For Achieving High Formability In Micro Sheet Forming Process, Hideki Sato, Kenichi Manabe, Dongbin Wei, Zhengyi Jiang, Daiki Kondo
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This study decsribesa potential offluid pressure in micro hydromechanical deep drawingto achieve high formability. The FE simulation is carried out using the stainless steel foil with 50μm thickness. The friction holding effect can be obtained by applying the fluid pressure and it becomes high at high D p/t in MHDD. By applying the counter and radial pressure in MHDD, the desired lubrication condition can be obtained and the friction force can be reduced. By the friction holding effect and lubrication effect in MHDD, the micro cups can be successful fabricated in MHDD. Consequently, it is clarify that the fluid pressure …
Deformation Characterization Of Micro Rolling For Stainless Steel Foil, Haibo Xie, Kenichi Manabe, Tsuyoshi Furushima, Kazuo Tada, Zhengyi Jiang
Deformation Characterization Of Micro Rolling For Stainless Steel Foil, Haibo Xie, Kenichi Manabe, Tsuyoshi Furushima, Kazuo Tada, Zhengyi Jiang
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Physical parameters such as microscopic roughness become very important in micro forming process due to increasing surface to volume ratio. As a very important phenomenon in metal forming process, friction size effects are becoming more attracting for researchers because traditional models are not reliable. In this study, the micro rolling deformation characterization has been investigated with SUS 304 stainless steel considering the effect of lubricant, and there exists a sticking area in the contact zone. The evolution of surface roughness and oil film thickness are analyzed. The foil thickness plays an important role in the tribological features of rolling. All …
Surface Morphology Of Micro Stepped Components In Micro Cross Wedge Rolling, Dongbin Wei, Haina Lu, Zhengyi Jiang, Kenichi Manabe
Surface Morphology Of Micro Stepped Components In Micro Cross Wedge Rolling, Dongbin Wei, Haina Lu, Zhengyi Jiang, Kenichi Manabe
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A novel microforming process - Micro Cross Wedge Rolling has been proposed, which is very promising in producing micro stepped components. It is inevitable to confront with huge challenges in the development of micro cross wedge rolling technology. The influences of miniaturization, especially size effect, on process, accuracy control and product quality have to be studied. A micro cross wedge rolling testing rig has been designed and manufactured. Micro stepped components have been fabricated successfully by adopting flat wedge tools on this rig. The effects of surface roughness of tool, grain size in workpiece and cross sectional area reduction on …
Optimisation Of Size-Controllable Centroidal Voronoi Tessellation For Fem Simulation Of Micro Forming Processes, Liang Luo, Zhengyi Jiang, Haina Lu, Dongbin Wei, Kezhi Linghu, Xianming Zhao, Di Wu
Optimisation Of Size-Controllable Centroidal Voronoi Tessellation For Fem Simulation Of Micro Forming Processes, Liang Luo, Zhengyi Jiang, Haina Lu, Dongbin Wei, Kezhi Linghu, Xianming Zhao, Di Wu
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Voronoi tessellation has been employed to characterise material features in Finite Element Method (FEM) simulation, however, a poor mesh quality of the voronoi tessellations causes problems in explicit dynamic simulation of forming processes. Although centroidal voronoi tessellation can partly improve the mesh quality by homogenisation of voronoi tessellations, small features, such as short edges and small facets, lead to an inferior mesh quality. Further, centroidal voronoi tessellation cannot represent all real micro structures of materials because of the almost equal tessellation shape and size. In this paper, a density function is applied to control the size and distribution of voronoi …
Finite Element Method Analysis Of Micro Cross Wedge Rolling Of Metals, Zhengyi Jiang, Haina Lu, Dongbin Wei, Kezhi Linghu, Xianming Zhao, Xiaoming Zhang, Di Wu
Finite Element Method Analysis Of Micro Cross Wedge Rolling Of Metals, Zhengyi Jiang, Haina Lu, Dongbin Wei, Kezhi Linghu, Xianming Zhao, Xiaoming Zhang, Di Wu
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A newly developed manufacturing technology - micro cross wedge rolling technology is an appropriate method to produce micro axisymmetric components such as micro stepped shafts. The development of this classic cold forming process is limited by a lack of sufficient understanding of geometric and material effects due to the size reduction of the components. In this study, a numerical model is proposed to simulate micro cross wedge rolling where the grain size effect is taken into account. Pure copper is chosen as the raw material. A finite element simulation is implemented where the diameter of the cylindrical workpiece is 0.8 …
Numerical Modeling Of Size Effect In Micro Hydromechanical Deep Drawing, Hideki Sato, Ken-Ichi Manabe, Dongbin Wei, Zhengyi Jiang
Numerical Modeling Of Size Effect In Micro Hydromechanical Deep Drawing, Hideki Sato, Ken-Ichi Manabe, Dongbin Wei, Zhengyi Jiang
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A modeling of tribological size effects in micro deep drawing (MDD) and micro hydromechanical deep drawing (MHDD) is a main focus in this study. The inner and outer pockets in which the different friction coefficients can be applied at different lubrication conditions are considered on the blank surface. The ratio of the area of outer pockets to inner pockets is changed with the decrease in the size. The low friction coefficient at the outer pockets is assumed in MHDD by considering the lubrication effect of fluid medium. The numerical analysis is performed under six lubrication conditions. The analytical results of …
Inertial Particle Separation By Differential Equilibrium Positions In A Symmetrical Serpentine Micro-Channel, Jun Zhang, Sheng Yan, Ronald Sluyter, Weihua Li, Gursel Alici, Nam-Trung Nguyen
Inertial Particle Separation By Differential Equilibrium Positions In A Symmetrical Serpentine Micro-Channel, Jun Zhang, Sheng Yan, Ronald Sluyter, Weihua Li, Gursel Alici, Nam-Trung Nguyen
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This paper presents an inertial microfluidic device with a simple serpentine micro-channel to continuously separate particles with high performance. Separation of micro/nano-particles has a variety of potential applications in biomedicine and industry. Among the existing separation technologies, a label-free technique without the use of antibody affinity, filter or centrifugation is highly desired to ensure minimal damage and alteration to the cells. Inertial microfluidics utilising hydrodynamic forces to separate particles is one of the most suitable label-free technologies with a high throughput. Our separation concept relies on size-based differential equilibrium positions of the particles perpendicular to the flow. Highly efficient separation …
An Active-Compliant Micro-Stage Based On Eap Artificial Muscles, Rahim Mutlu, Gursel Alici, Xingcan Xiang, Weihua Li
An Active-Compliant Micro-Stage Based On Eap Artificial Muscles, Rahim Mutlu, Gursel Alici, Xingcan Xiang, Weihua Li
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Electroactive Polymer actuators (EAPs), also known as EAP artificial muscles, offer a great potential for soft robotics. They are suitable for bio-inspired robotic applications due to their built-in actuation property within the mechanical body. In this paper, we report on a fully compliant micro-stage with built-in actuation. It has been fabricated as one piece inspired from twining structures in nature. We have employed a soft robotic modeling approach and finite element modeling to predict the mechanical output of the stage as a function of the input voltage. Experiments were conducted under a range of electrical inputs (0.25-1.00 V). For a …
Fabrication And Characterization Of A Polymer Micro-Fiber Bragg Grating, Ginu Rajan, Gang-Ding Peng
Fabrication And Characterization Of A Polymer Micro-Fiber Bragg Grating, Ginu Rajan, Gang-Ding Peng
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Polymer micro-fibers with inscribed Bragg gratings are reported in this paper. By implementing a two-stage fabrication process a 16 μm diameter micro-fiber is fabricated with an inscribed 10 mm long Bragg grating which exhibits a peak reflected wavelength circa 1530 nm. The growth dynamics of the polymer micro-fiber Bragg grating are also observed and analyzed. A maximum reflectivity of 5% is obtained after an exposure time of 3 minutes to a 50 mW power He-Cd laser of 325 nm wavelength. The temperature characterization of the micro-fiber Bragg grating with different diameters is also presented. The fabricated micro-fiber Bragg grating can …
A Micro Deep Drawing Of Arb Processed Aluminium Foil Aa1235, Syamsul Hadi, A Kiet Tieu, Cheng Lu, Hongtao Zhu
A Micro Deep Drawing Of Arb Processed Aluminium Foil Aa1235, Syamsul Hadi, A Kiet Tieu, Cheng Lu, Hongtao Zhu
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The flow stress of AA1235 aluminium series-H14 material of 16 to 300 μm thickness has been determined here for the first time which showed the stress reduced significantly with thickness. A stress-strain relationship has been determined as a function of the thickness and grain size. A limiting drawing ratio (LDR) of 2.003 was achieved by a subsequent heat treatment of accumulative roll bonded (ARB) materials before the micro-cup drawing. The cup was successfully formed as the combined process has reduced the planar anisotropy, increased the normal anisotropy and improved the formability of a cup.
Finite Element Modelling Of Surface Roughness Transfer And Oxide Scale Micro Deformation In Metal Manufacturing Process, Zhengyi Jiang, Dongbin Wei, Hejie Li
Finite Element Modelling Of Surface Roughness Transfer And Oxide Scale Micro Deformation In Metal Manufacturing Process, Zhengyi Jiang, Dongbin Wei, Hejie Li
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In the paper, the micro deformation of oxide scale in hot strip rolling has been investigated with considering the friction effect. The finite element simulation of the micro deformation of oxide scale has been successfully conducted, and the calculated surface roughness is compared with the measured value, which shows a good agreement. A crystal plasticity finite element method (CPFEM) model was also successfully developed to analyse the surface roughness transfer during metal manufacturing. The simulation results show a good agreement with the experimental results in the flattening of surface asperity, and the surface roughness decreases significantly with an increase of …