Electrophoresis of charged particles in polymeric (viscoelastic) fluids remains important in various separation processes, although their theoretical analysis is rather scarce in the literature. The ones which do investigate ...

A modular permeate gap forward-feed multi-effect membrane distillation (PG-MEMD) system with integrated internal feed preheating channels was built and experimentally compared against the baseline MEMD design. Inlet feed ...

The advancement of tactile sensing in robotics and prosthetics is constrained by the trade-off between spatial and temporal resolution in artificial tactile sensors. To address this limitation, we propose SuperTac, a novel ...

Recent advancements in mechanical design and robust control modalities have significantly enhanced the ability of aerial robots to interact with humans in various physical tasks. A critical challenge remains to ensure safe, ...

Ranque-Hilsch vortex tube is a highly efficient fluidic expansion device with thermal separation features. Geometric optimization of the device is necessary for getting the best performance. Current study aims to conduct ...

Laser surface melting (LSM) is a surface modification technique involving melting and resolidifying a thin surface layer. The high-temperature gradients involved results in unwanted residual stresses which affect the ...

We study spontaneous deformations of a ribbon made of nematic polymer networks and activated under the action of a mechanical load. We show that when such ribbons are activated appropriately, the deformations produced can ...

Laser surface melting (LSM) is a versatile technique used to modify surface properties without affecting the bulk characteristics of materials. This paper investigates the effects of LSM with pre-heating at different ...

A computational fluid dynamics model of combustion of nanoaluminum–water propellants is developed. An unsteady and axisymmetric model of strand combustion is developed to mimic the experimental setup and conditions. The ...

The incompressible Navier–Stokes equations in spherical coordinates are solved using a pseudo-spectral method to simulate the problem of spherical Couette flow. The flow is investigated for a narrow-gap ratio with only the ...