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Chuanxing Du, Weiquan Fang, Dianlei Han, Xuegeng Chen and Xinzhong Wang
In order to reduce ground drop loss during mechanical pepper picking and improve the net recovery rate, a drum snap finger picking device was designed. The picking device is mainly composed of a picking drum and auxiliary picking components; the picking ...
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Roman Major, Maciej Gawlikowski, Marcin Surmiak, Karolina Janiczak, Justyna Wiecek, Przemyslaw Kurtyka, Martin Schwentenwein, Ewa Jasek-Gajda, Magdalena Kopernik and Juergen M. Lackner
A major medical problem of state-of-the-art heart ventricular assist devices (LVADs) is device-induced thrombus formation due to inadequate blood-flow dynamics generated by the blood pump rotor. The latter is a highly complex device, with difficulties du...
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Ebrahim Kadivar, Mazyar Dawoodian, Yuxing Lin and Ould el Moctar
Experimental investigations were conducted to uncover the impact of cavitation control?through the use of biomimetic riblets on cavitating flows around a circular cylinder. First, the dynamics of cavitation in the flow behind a finite cylinder (without r...
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Faezeh Ghorbanizamani, Hichem Moulahoum, Emine Guler Celik and Suna Timur
The growing demand for personalized treatments and the constant observation of vital signs for extended periods could positively solve the problematic concerns associated with the necessity for patient control and hospitalization. The impressive developm...
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Lingkun Chen, Shusheng Bi, Yueri Cai, Yong Cao and Guang Pan
Bionic propulsion has advantages over traditional blade propellers, such as efficiency and noise control. Existing research on ray-inspired robot fish has mainly focused on a single type of pectoral fin as bionic propeller, which only performed well in t...
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Alessandro Scarpellini, Valentina Finazzi, Paolo Schito, Arianna Bionda, Andrea Ratti and Ali Gökhan Demir
This work demonstrates the advantages of using laser powder bed fusion for producing a rudder bulb of a moth class sailing racing boat via laser powder bed fusion (LPBF). The component was designed to reduce weight using an AlSi7Mg0.6 alloy and incorpora...
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Hao Chen, Weikun Li, Weicheng Cui, Ping Yang and Linke Chen
Biomimetic robotic fish systems have attracted huge attention due to the advantages of flexibility and adaptability. They are typically complex systems that involve many disciplines. The design of robotic fish is a multi-objective multidisciplinary desig...
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Anastasiia Moskaleva, Alexander Safonov and Enrique Hernández-Montes
This article is a survey discussing the application of fiber-reinforced polymer composites in freeform structures and their impact on the design and shape generation process. The analysis of case studies showed that the use of FRP composites not only hel...
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Jimin Hwang, Neil Bose, Hung Duc Nguyen and Guy Williams
We introduce an adaptive sampling method that has been developed to support the Backseat Driver control architecture of the Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) Explorer autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). The design is based on an acoustic detecti...
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Dimitra E. Anevlavi, Evangelos S. Filippas, Angeliki E. Karperaki and Kostas A. Belibassakis
Recent studies indicate that nature-inspired thrusters based on flexible oscillating foils show enhanced propulsive performance. However, understanding the underlying physics of the fluid?structure interaction (FSI) is essential to improve the efficiency...
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