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Thin-plate forming by thixo- and rheoforging (2014)
Journal Article

Copyright © 2014 Chul Kyu Jin et al. Thin plates with a thickness of 1.2 mm are fabricated using two processes, thixoforging and rheoforging, which are semisolid forming techniques. The die design, formability, microstructure, and mechanical properti... Read More about Thin-plate forming by thixo- and rheoforging.

The psychological well-being and appearance concerns of patients presenting with ptosis (2014)
Journal Article

PurposePtosis affects both the function and appearance of the eyes and face, because of drooping of the eyelids. Previous research has focused on functional impairment; however, similar appearance altering eye conditions have been demonstrated to hav... Read More about The psychological well-being and appearance concerns of patients presenting with ptosis.

CFD simulation and analysis of gas to water two phase closed thermosyphon based heat exchanger (2014)
Book Chapter

Wickless heat pipes are devices with high reliability and heat transfer potential per unit area. Owed to that fact, their application range has been widened in the past 20 years. In the process industry, they are usually coupled to waste heat recover... Read More about CFD simulation and analysis of gas to water two phase closed thermosyphon based heat exchanger.

New Chattering Attenuation Sliding Mode Control of a Flexible Spacecraft (2014)
Journal Article

An improved sliding mode control (SMC) strategy for the attitude control problem of a nonlinear spacecraft with an elastic appendage is investigated. Since conventional sliding mode controllers include a discontinuous function, a significant problem... Read More about New Chattering Attenuation Sliding Mode Control of a Flexible Spacecraft.

Knowledge Integration and Open Innovation in the Brazilian Cosmetics Industry (2014)
Journal Article

© Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Facultad de Economía y Negocios. This article is based on a thesis that examined open innovation in the Brazilian cosmetics sector and its relationship with knowledge integration, comparing less open and more open firms... Read More about Knowledge Integration and Open Innovation in the Brazilian Cosmetics Industry.

Blending moving least squares techniques with NURBS basis functions for nonlinear isogeometric analysis (2014)
Journal Article

IsoGeometric Analysis (IGA) is increasing its popularity as a new numerical tool for the analysis of structures. IGA provides: (i) the possibility of using higher order polynomials for the basis functions; (ii) the smoothness for contact analysis; (i... Read More about Blending moving least squares techniques with NURBS basis functions for nonlinear isogeometric analysis.

Two-dimensional potential method simulations of a body-strake configuration (2014)
Journal Article

The lee-side flow over a cruciform wing-body configuration at supersonic speeds in the "+" orientation up to angles of 25 deg have been simulated using the single concentrated vortex and discrete vortex model methods. The wings or strakes are of very... Read More about Two-dimensional potential method simulations of a body-strake configuration.

Hardware architecture of the protein processing associative memory and the effects of dimensionality and quantisation on performance (2014)
Journal Article

The Protein Processor Associative Memory (PPAM) is a novel hardware architecture for a distributed, decentralised, robust and scalable, bidirectional, hetero-associative memory, that can adapt online to changes in the training data. The PPAM uses the... Read More about Hardware architecture of the protein processing associative memory and the effects of dimensionality and quantisation on performance.

Compliance control and human-robot interaction: Part II-experimental examples (2014)
Journal Article

© World Scientific Publishing Company. Compliance control is highly relevant to human safety in human-robot interaction (HRI). This paper presents multi-dimensional compliance control of a humanoid robot arm. A dynamic model-free adaptive controller... Read More about Compliance control and human-robot interaction: Part II-experimental examples.

Compliance control and human-Robot interaction: Part 1-survey (2014)
Journal Article

© World Scientific Publishing Company. Compliance control is highly relevant to human safety in human-robot interaction (HRI). This paper presents a review of various compliance control techniques. The paper is aimed to provide a good background know... Read More about Compliance control and human-Robot interaction: Part 1-survey.

Task-based evaluation of context-sensitive referring expressions in human–robot dialogue (2014)
Journal Article

© 2013 Taylor & Francis. The standard referring-expression generation task involves creating stand-alone descriptions intended solely to distinguish a target object from its context. However, when an artificial system refers to objects in the cours... Read More about Task-based evaluation of context-sensitive referring expressions in human–robot dialogue.

Mechanical characterisation of Duraform® Flex for FEA hyperelastic material modelling (2014)
Journal Article

Laser Sintering (LS) is widely accepted as a leading additive manufacturing process with a proven capability for manufacturing complex lattice structures using a group of specially developed powder based materials. However, to date, very little resea... Read More about Mechanical characterisation of Duraform® Flex for FEA hyperelastic material modelling.

A novel bio-inspired tactile tumour detection concept for capsule endoscopy (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Examination of the gastrointestinal(GI) tract has traditionally been performed using endoscopy tools that allow a surgeon to see the inside of the lining of the digestive tract. Endoscopes are rigid or flexible tubes that use fibre-optics or cameras... Read More about A novel bio-inspired tactile tumour detection concept for capsule endoscopy.

Towards an ethical robot: Internal models, consequences and ethical action selection (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

If robots are to be trusted, especially when interacting with humans, then they will need to be more than just safe. This paper explores the potential of robots capable of modelling and therefore predicting the consequences of both their own actions,... Read More about Towards an ethical robot: Internal models, consequences and ethical action selection.

Semisolid forming of thin plates with microscale features (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Thin plates (150 × 150 × 1.2 mm) with embedded corrugation are fabricated using semisolid forming. The die cavity used in the forming is designed using fluid analysis. A semisolid slurry is prepared by a... Read More about Semisolid forming of thin plates with microscale features.

Biodegradable and edible gelatine actuators for use as artificial muscles (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The expense and use of non-recyclable materials often requires the retrieval and recovery of exploratory robots. Therefore, conventional materials such as plastics and metals in robotics can be limiting. For applications such as environmental monitor... Read More about Biodegradable and edible gelatine actuators for use as artificial muscles.

A mixed-method approach to evoke creative and holistic thinking about robots in a home environment (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Discovering older adults' perceptions and expectations of domestic care service robots are vital in informing the design and development of new technologies to ensure acceptability and usability. This paper identifies issues that were elicited from o... Read More about A mixed-method approach to evoke creative and holistic thinking about robots in a home environment.

Experimental investigation into the performance of shallow aeroengine off-takes (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Copyright © 2014 by Rolls-Royce plc. Oil removal (scavenge) from aeroengine bearing chambers is an ongoing challenge for aeroengine designers. Effective scavenging of oil is necessary to avoid excessive heat generation, degradation of oil properties... Read More about Experimental investigation into the performance of shallow aeroengine off-takes.

Observer design for a class of nonlinear systems subject to unknown inputs (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© 2014 EUCA. We consider a novel method to design an observer for a class of nonlinear discrete-time systems with unknown inputs. Based on Lyapunov functional, we derive a sufficient condition for existence of the designed observer which requires sol... Read More about Observer design for a class of nonlinear systems subject to unknown inputs.

Transient two-phase effects in an Aeroengine bearing chamber scavenge test rig (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Copyright © 2014 by ASME. Aeroengine bearing chambers typically contain bearings, seals, shafts and static parts. Oil is introduced for lubrication and cooling and this creates a two phase flow environment that may contain droplets, mist, film, ligam... Read More about Transient two-phase effects in an Aeroengine bearing chamber scavenge test rig.