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Computational Reliability Analysis Of Blind Micro-Via With 3d And Axisymmetric Multi-Layer Pcb, Jayendra Bazaru
Computational Reliability Analysis Of Blind Micro-Via With 3d And Axisymmetric Multi-Layer Pcb, Jayendra Bazaru
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Micro-via are components that are used to form connections from one layer to another in most Multilayered Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs). The failure of Micro-via has always been a concern of the electronic industry. The failures are exaggerated during the reflow process due to the high thermal loading. Electronic components have become ubiquitous in our society. It is important to take some measures to reduce (or) eliminate the failures at interconnects in the Printed Circuit Board to obtain highly reliable Input/Output (I/O). This work is based on a hypothetical belief that the possible cause of failure is an insufficient or …
Autonomous Aerial Vehicles Distributed Control And Interactive Games, Yusuf Kartal
Autonomous Aerial Vehicles Distributed Control And Interactive Games, Yusuf Kartal
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As the number of quadrotors and other Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) increases in industrial and urban areas, the development of reliable engineering methods to control their behavior as they interact with each other becomes of central interest in control research. With the increase in demand for UAVs to work together, several real-life challenges need to be addressed that include the implementation, test, and validation of the control algorithms in flight test experiments. On the one hand, the interests of UAVs may be in harmony to perform certain tasks such as transportation, surveillance and reconnaissance. On the other hand, the interests …
A Numerical Study Of Water Entry Problems Based On Overset Meshes, Yanni Chang
A Numerical Study Of Water Entry Problems Based On Overset Meshes, Yanni Chang
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A series of numerical experiments carried out on the water entry of circular cylinders are presented in this study. A cylinder was entering into the water with a prescribed inclined angle and velocity. The interface between water and air is tracked by the Piecewise Linear Interface Calculation (PLIC) schemes in conjunction with the Volume of Fluid (VOF) method. PLIC schemes have been extensively employed in the VOF method for interface capturing in numerical simulations of multiphase flows. Dynamic overset meshes, which have been widely used for problems with relative motions and complex geometric shapes, are applied to handle the moving …
Characterization And Enhancement Of Fatigue And Fracture Properties In Thermoplastic Fff Parts Using In-Situ Annealing, Manjarik Mrinal
Characterization And Enhancement Of Fatigue And Fracture Properties In Thermoplastic Fff Parts Using In-Situ Annealing, Manjarik Mrinal
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Fused filament fabrication (FFF) show high anisotropy and reduced mechanical properties as compared to conventional manufacturing techniques. This happens due to the poor interlaminar bonding between the layers, as a result of premature halt of bond healing process. Previous research works show multiple approaches to improve the bond quality to enhance the mechanical properties of FFF parts, however these are complex and expensive techniques. In this work a novel print head assembly is presented to offer a simple and effective solution by applying a thermal field to the part as it is being printed to preheat the previously deposited layer, …
Internal Pressure Response Of A Human Head Surrogate Model Subject To Variable Impact Loading With Finite Element Analysis, Aaron Ronald Jackson
Internal Pressure Response Of A Human Head Surrogate Model Subject To Variable Impact Loading With Finite Element Analysis, Aaron Ronald Jackson
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) from blunt impacts to the head is a major cause of brain disease and dysfunction for thousands of people every year. Each year in the United States approximately 1 million TBI cases occur causing as many as 56,000 deaths and leaving nearly 90,000 individuals with long-term disabilities. Damage resulting from a TBI occurs on a multiscale level including the macroscopic, tissue, and neuron length scale. This research focuses on correlating the macroscopic blunt impact conditions to the internal pressure developed in the coup and countercoup for water and gelatin-filled head models. Two separate 3D printed models …
Synthesis And Characterization Of Graphene-Reinforced Polymer Filaments For Additive Manufacturing, Sean Menezes
Synthesis And Characterization Of Graphene-Reinforced Polymer Filaments For Additive Manufacturing, Sean Menezes
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Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) is a popular 3D printing process which uses a spool of thermoplastic polymer filament that is melted by the movable extruder printer head onto the bed to generate the required shape. The most used polymer filaments in FDM are Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) and Poly Lactic Acid (PLA). However, these conventional polymer filaments have lower mechanical strength and are more susceptible to cracking as the cooler parts of the printed part shrink so much that they cause cracks to develop, leading to warping. The current investigation focuses on the synthesis of graphene, synthesis of polymer filaments …
Reverse Engineering To Create High Quality Polymer Parts Using Additive Manufacturing, Gurtej Singh Tarsem Singh Channa
Reverse Engineering To Create High Quality Polymer Parts Using Additive Manufacturing, Gurtej Singh Tarsem Singh Channa
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Reverse engineering is a process of recreating parts for which the tools no longer exist, reducing the cost of an original part by manufacturing it in-house or redesigning and improving the original part's function. This research demonstrates two methods to reverse engineer a part using Polyworks software, having it printed using an SLS printer and checking the accuracy of the printed part to the original scan. The part is first scanned using a Faro-Arm laser scanner to obtain the point cloud data. The two methods used to recreate and extract the STEP file are: • Exporting NURBS. • Exporting Features …
Development Of The Vehicle Configuration Compendium: A Comprehensive Data-Information-Knowledge System To Aid In High-Speed Vehicle Design, Stenila Simon
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The conceptual design phase is the most crucial phase in hypersonic vehicle design. Choices made during this phase will have significant impact on the success of the overall project and the feasibility of the end-product. Therefore, it is of utmost importance for the design decision-maker to be adequately informed of past-to-present projects throughout the aerospace community and lessons learned from them. This avoids wasting valuable time and resources for reinventing the wheel. There currently exists no one-stop solution in the aerospace industry to address the issue of lost data, information and knowledge in the field of high-speed vehicle design. The …
Relating Linear And Rotational Accelerations With Internal Pressures Developed Inside Human Head Surrogate Models, Arthur Thomas Koster
Relating Linear And Rotational Accelerations With Internal Pressures Developed Inside Human Head Surrogate Models, Arthur Thomas Koster
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Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a chronic disease process that is difficult to both detect and treat. TBI can result from blast, kinetic, sonic, and electromagnet energy sources. This research focuses on correlating the bulk acceleration of a human-like head model to the localized internal pressure developed in the coup and contrecoup regions due to variable impact loading. Damage resulting in a TBI occurs on a multiscale level from the macroscale down to the damage of each individual neuron. Obtaining a relationship between bulk acceleration and localized internal pressure will allow for further correlation to the damage done on these …
Investigation Of Heat Transfer Performance Of Double Pipe Counter-Flow Heat Pipe Using Three Fluids Water, Dowtherm, And Water-Based Nanofluid, Alaa Abed Harchan Al Hasseun
Investigation Of Heat Transfer Performance Of Double Pipe Counter-Flow Heat Pipe Using Three Fluids Water, Dowtherm, And Water-Based Nanofluid, Alaa Abed Harchan Al Hasseun
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Heat pipes are two-phase devices, capable of converting a significant amount of energy with low losses. They have been used in several applications such as systems thermal control and cooling. The purpose of the present work is to investigate the thermal performance of a double pipe counterflow against the fluid type. The pipe is divided into three zones including evaporator, adiabatic, and condenser zones. All thermal boundary conditions are defined in terms of heating or cooling temperatures in which the operating temperatures are defined between 303 K to 470 K. using Ansys Fluent, the pipe is analyzed in two-and three-dimensional …
Prediction Of Solder Joint Fatigue Life Of Photonic Package Using ?-? Materials, Ojas Tyagi
Prediction Of Solder Joint Fatigue Life Of Photonic Package Using ?-? Materials, Ojas Tyagi
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Fatigue life prediction has become very important factor in reliability of any electronic components to withstand extreme thermal stresses in industrial standard. Hence, photonic packages are widely used in telecommunication and computer applications. The primary focus of this study is to determine the thermal cycles to crack initiation of solder bump used in laser array waferboard for telecommunication applications. This includes GaAs Laser chip on waferboard and Si substrate with pure Indium solder balls in between. Indium has proved higher fatigue life in various experimental studies in the field of reliability and lead-free material. Therefore, a solder ball was designed …
Analysis Of Blood Pressure Waveform For Detection And Diagnosis Of Cardiovascular Anomalies, Atul Shrotriya
Analysis Of Blood Pressure Waveform For Detection And Diagnosis Of Cardiovascular Anomalies, Atul Shrotriya
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Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of mortalities worldwide as well as in the United States. Early diagnosis and prediction of these diseases is critical to mitigate the risks to the patient. A common method to assess a person’s heart health is through the use of cuff type oscillometric devices placed on the arm of the patient. As the mean pressure in the cuff is increased the blood flow in the brachial artery becomes blocked. When the cuff pressure is reduced the blood starts flowing again; during this cycle, pressure fluctuations in the cuff are measured using a pressure transducer. …
Determination Of Guidance Laws For Uav Systems In Communication Networks Using Collision Cone Theory, Utsav Mudgal
Determination Of Guidance Laws For Uav Systems In Communication Networks Using Collision Cone Theory, Utsav Mudgal
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), also commonly known as drones, are used in various applications, including military applications such as surveillance and intelligence-gathering as well as civilian applications such as search and rescue. The use of UAVs to form communication networks is a topic of active research interest. This thesis aims to investigate the development of guidance laws for multiple UAVs to form such communication networks. Toward this end, this thesis employs tools from collision cone theory and incorporates them with parameters used to describe a communication network. Different types of networks are evaluated for use of the guidance laws. Simulation …
Guidance Laws For N-Mobile Agents To Grip A Moving Target, Pranay Gadiya
Guidance Laws For N-Mobile Agents To Grip A Moving Target, Pranay Gadiya
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In this thesis, we consider the problem of n mobile agents carrying a gripper, with the objective of gripping a moving circular target. The target may move with constant velocity, or even maneuver. We develop guidance laws by which the agents can first cage the target and subsequently grip it. These guidance laws are developed based on a collision cone framework, using which the mobile agents cooperatively steer their velocity vectors in an appropriate fashion to meet their objective. It is assumed that each of the mobile agents are equipped with a lidar sensor, using which they obtain the range …
Buckling Load Optimization Of Variable Stiffness Composite Plate Using Fem And Semi-Analytical Method, Jeegar Vallabhbhai Patel
Buckling Load Optimization Of Variable Stiffness Composite Plate Using Fem And Semi-Analytical Method, Jeegar Vallabhbhai Patel
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The advent of new composite manufacturing techniques like Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) offers greater flexibility in structural designs by allowing curvilinear fiber paths. Hence, it is now possible to change laminate stiffness locally, thereby enabling Variable Stiffness (VS) composite structures. Such structures demonstrate superior buckling performance over traditional constant stiffness structures. However, obtaining the optimum fiber paths to improve buckling performance remains an open area of research due to the complexity of determining such fiber paths. This research investigated two approaches for optimizing fiber paths; First, a Finite Element Method (FEM) approach that utilizes linear shape functions to interpolate local …
A Modular Platform For Intrusive Diagnostics And Tps Testing In The Onr-Uta Arc-Jet Facility, Blake Anthony Hamilton
A Modular Platform For Intrusive Diagnostics And Tps Testing In The Onr-Uta Arc-Jet Facility, Blake Anthony Hamilton
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This work presents an approach to the design, and successful experimental implementation, of a modular platform for intrusive diagnostics and TPS testing in the ONR-UTA Arc-Heated Wind Tunnel "Leste" Facility. The harsh conditions typical of arc-jet facilities (hypersonic, high-enthalpy, chemically-reacting, continuous flows) present a challenge to the design of insertion platforms. In this work a detailed analysis of the aerothermal loads is used to aid in the design process. Specific design points for this modular platform and its ancillary instrumentation have been identified. Based on this design approach, a modular platform for intrusive diagnostics and TPS testing has been developed. …
Theoretical Prediction Of Mechanical Behavior Of Regular And Chiral Honeycombs Based On Loading Of Single Cell., Sai Krishna K. Pinnamaneni
Theoretical Prediction Of Mechanical Behavior Of Regular And Chiral Honeycombs Based On Loading Of Single Cell., Sai Krishna K. Pinnamaneni
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Cellular solids are both naturally occurring and man-made materials depending on the characteristic length or Stochastic manner, these materials exhibit a low-relative density usually 30% than the constituent solid material. Low-density cellular solids have been demonstrating superior mechanical properties in various applications from marine to aerospace and lightweight sandwich structures, which has intrigued in development of novel structured materials. Cellular solids offer great design flexibility ashowows how for the targeted geometric for the application-based industry. These materials are used in sandwich structures and come in the shape of hexagonal. An additional aspect of determining the properties and behavior is by …
Multi-Parametric And Multi-Objective Optimization Of Heatsinks For Forced And Natural Convection Based Single-Phase Immersion Cooling Of Server, Tushar Rohidas Wagh
Multi-Parametric And Multi-Objective Optimization Of Heatsinks For Forced And Natural Convection Based Single-Phase Immersion Cooling Of Server, Tushar Rohidas Wagh
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An increase in utility of internet-based services, cloud computing and greater performance demands due to rising AI and ML applications have led to a steep growth in GPU and CPU thermal design power. Efficient thermal management of these processors has become a bottleneck in performance enhancement and corresponding power densification of these components. Furthermore, increased pressure on data center owners to reduce power demands and move towards green computing has exacerbated the data center cooling challenges. Single-phase immersion cooling allows data center owners to not only dissipate the increasing heat fluxes efficiently but can also potentially improve equipment reliability as …
Accelerated Performance Degradation Of Single-Phase Cold Plates For Direct-To-Chip Liquid Cooled Data Centers, Lochan Sai Reddy Chinthaparthy
Accelerated Performance Degradation Of Single-Phase Cold Plates For Direct-To-Chip Liquid Cooled Data Centers, Lochan Sai Reddy Chinthaparthy
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Expanding demands for cloud-based computing and storage, the Internet of Things, and AI-based applications have escalated thermal loads in high-density data centers which necessitated the utilization of more efficient cooling technologies. Direct-to-chip liquid cooling using cold plates has proven to be one of the most efficient methods to dissipate the high heat fluxes of modern high-power CPUs and GPUs. While the published literature has well-documented research on the thermal aspects of direct liquid cooling, a detailed account of reliability degradation is missing. The present investigation provides an in-depth analysis of the reliability degradation of copper cold plates used in high-power …
Autonomous Guidance Of Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles In Basic Fighter Maneuvering, Jeffery G. Dean
Autonomous Guidance Of Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles In Basic Fighter Maneuvering, Jeffery G. Dean
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Basic fighter maneuvering, or BFM, is the dynamic engagement of two or more aircraft in close-range air combat. The relatively recent introduction of advanced unmanned combat air vehicles (UCAVs) has opened the possibility for automated systems to be players in this arena of air-to-air combat, which has thus far been limited to manned aircraft. In order to design an unmanned system that could fight and win a BFM engagement, the system must include an advanced system for guidance. This dissertation leverages techniques from gain scheduling and incorporates adjustable aimpoint guidance, in order to address the capability for UCAVs to execute …
Stress Analysis Of Functionally Graded Materials, Nilabh Krishna
Stress Analysis Of Functionally Graded Materials, Nilabh Krishna
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A functionally graded material (FGM) is an inhomogeneous material whose material properties vary continuously. Since FGM’s material properties are continuous at the interface of the two materials, unlike conventional composites whose material properties are discontinuous at the interface, it is best suited to prevent catastrophically failure, stress concentration, and residual stresses. Literature reviews revealed that most of the research on FGMs was a 2-D analysis, especially on FGM plates and beams. This research focuses on 3-D stress analysis for an elastic medium that contains a spherical inclusion made of an FGM embedded in a matrix phase. To the best of …
Effect Of Thermal Conductivity, Reynolds Number, Aspect Ratio And Packing Arrangement On Radial Heat Transfer In Packed Beds, Nishith Gorla
Effect Of Thermal Conductivity, Reynolds Number, Aspect Ratio And Packing Arrangement On Radial Heat Transfer In Packed Beds, Nishith Gorla
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The key motivation for this research is to study heat transfer developments in packed beds. The radial heat transfer enhancement of a packed bed in the laminar flow region is one of the major areas of ongoing research in mechanical, aerospace and chemical industries, especially the response of a packed bed during conjugate heat transfer with the fluid-solid interaction. This computational study focuses on the impact of packing size, thermal conductivity, and arrangement on the radial heat transfer performance as a function of Reynolds number. A simple annular tube packed with circles (2D) and spheres (3D) is utilized for this …
Modeling The Effect Of In Situ Nozzle-Integrated Compression Rolling On The Mechanical And Fracture Behavior Of Fused Filament Fabrication (Fff) 3d Printed Parts, Momen Mohammad Qasaimeh
Modeling The Effect Of In Situ Nozzle-Integrated Compression Rolling On The Mechanical And Fracture Behavior Of Fused Filament Fabrication (Fff) 3d Printed Parts, Momen Mohammad Qasaimeh
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Fused filament fabrication (FFF) is one of the most common additive manufacturing/3D printing techniques where continuously extruded semi-molten filaments are deposited in a layer-by-layer manner. The quality of the manufactured part depends on some major factors such as filament-filament contact and adhesion as well as the void fraction. Filament to filament adhesion affects the part strength under transverse load. In our earlier work, we studied the effect of in situ ball rolling on the thermal and mechanical properties of the printed parts. It was found that when printing/rolling parameters are correctly tuned and in situ compression rolling is appropriately applied …
Set-Theoretic Frameworks For Online Optimization, Estimation, And Control, Dignata Bhattacharjee
Set-Theoretic Frameworks For Online Optimization, Estimation, And Control, Dignata Bhattacharjee
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This research is primarily focused on developing online frameworks, which are suited to real-time implementation, for performance optimization, estimation, and control of dynamical systems using set-theoretic concepts and/or having set-theoretic interpretations. First, two perturbation-based extremum seeking control schemes, based on the classical setup and equipped with novel adaptation laws for the perturbation signal amplitudes, are proposed for general single input single output nonlinear systems. The proposed schemes are able to extremize steady-state system output in a practical asymptotic sense, i.e., the system is driven to an arbitrarily small set centered at the true steady-state optimal operating point. The next development …
Uncertainty Propagation, Control, And Estimation Of Stochastic Dynamic Systems Using Generalized Polynomial Chaos Expansion, Rajnish Bhusal
Uncertainty Propagation, Control, And Estimation Of Stochastic Dynamic Systems Using Generalized Polynomial Chaos Expansion, Rajnish Bhusal
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In recent years, uncertainty propagation has emerged as an important research area in the field of dynamical systems. The growing interest in this area arises out of the need to develop computationally efficient approaches to predict the evolution of a system subject to uncertainties. To this end, this dissertation is focused on developing computational frameworks for uncertainty propagation, control, and state estimation of stochastic dynamical systems using the generalized polynomial chaos (gPC) expansion technique. In the first part of this dissertation, the construction of gPC expansion is presented in general. The novelty of this dissertation lies in developing a mixed …
Computational Investigation Of Energy Dissipation Through Progressive Failure In Tailored Composite Structures Via Explicit Finite Element Analysis, Anirudh Srinivas
Computational Investigation Of Energy Dissipation Through Progressive Failure In Tailored Composite Structures Via Explicit Finite Element Analysis, Anirudh Srinivas
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In this study, energy dissipation in structures implementing a previously developed, analytically modeled, and experimentally validated composite tailoring concept is investigated using an explicit finite element approach. The tailored composite structures consist in a series connection of parallel alternate load paths of tailored length and thickness. The advantage of the tailored structure when compared to an untailored conventional structure is that when subjected to a tensile load, the response of the tailored composite structure is characterized by progressive failure of the load paths resulting in increased energy dissipation. The tailored composite structure is modeled for IM7-8552 composite material using a …
Laminar Swept And Cross Shockwave/Boundary-Layer Interactions, Jiss Jacob Sebastian
Laminar Swept And Cross Shockwave/Boundary-Layer Interactions, Jiss Jacob Sebastian
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Shockwave/boundary-layer interactions are considered one of the most complex problems in high-speed gas dynamics, and numerous studies have been carried out for more than eighty years to understand the fundamental physics. A numerical study was performed using fin-plate configurations to study the three-dimensional swept and cross shockwave/ laminar boundary-layer interactions. All the interactions studied were strong enough for the boundary layer to separate. In the first part, swept shock interactions between a laminar boundary layer and the shockwave induced by a sharp fin mounted perpendicularly on a flat plate were studied. Different flow conditions were investigated at freestream Mach numbers …
Design, Operation And Maintenance Of Direct And Indirect Evaporative Cooling Systems In Data Center Thermal Management, Ashwin Siddarth
Design, Operation And Maintenance Of Direct And Indirect Evaporative Cooling Systems In Data Center Thermal Management, Ashwin Siddarth
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Evaporative cooling is an alternative data center cooling solution that presents significant energy cost savings in acquisition and operation when compared to conventional air conditioning and mechanical refrigeration systems. This research focuses on developing a deeper understanding in implementing, operating and maintaining evaporative cooling systems integrated with air-side economization to realize the energy savings potential in data center cooling. The goal of the research is to develop a comprehensive guide to assess and contrast different approaches of evaporative cooling being used in data center cooling and provide guidance in improving water and energy efficiency. An air handling unit (AHU) serves …
Design Of Streamline-Traced Inlets And Their Integration With Rotating Detonation Engines, Malcolm Lee Branch
Design Of Streamline-Traced Inlets And Their Integration With Rotating Detonation Engines, Malcolm Lee Branch
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This thesis has two parts: 1) design of the streamline-traced inlets (STIs); and 2) integration of STIs with rotating detonation engines (RDEs). The STI design starts with a two-dimensional, isentropic compression flowfield as the parent flowfield. The method of characteristics was used to generate the flowfield throughout the entire STI. For a given flight altitude 18 km, freestream Mach number M?=3.0, and inlet exit-plane Mach number M?=1.2, a parametric sweep of the initial deflection angle ?1=4.0--11.0 deg and the Mach number at the entrance of the internal compression system M3=1.3--1.7 was performed to determine the STI performance sensitivity as a …
Haptic Interface Optimization For Virtual Anastomosis Surgery Training, Kangji Huang
Haptic Interface Optimization For Virtual Anastomosis Surgery Training, Kangji Huang
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Virtual anastomosis surgery study allows surgeons to perform or practice suturing in virtual reality using a commercial haptic device. The haptic device can generate force feedback so that the user can feel the real touch sensation of the object in virtual reality. The virtual anastomosis surgery study has two requirements which are that the haptic device must be fixed on the operating table and haptic device location must be suitable for different surgeons. The goal is to use a commercially available haptic device for this purpose, rather than design a new device for each possible surgery that must be performed. …