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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Fluidic Actuation"”.
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Arrayed microfluidic actuation for active sorting of fluid bed particulates
Fluidic actuation offers a facile method to move large quantities of small solids, often referred to as fluid-bed movement. Applications for fluid bed processing are integral to many fields including petrochemical, petroleum, chemical, pharmaceutical, biochemical, environmental, defense, and …
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Controllable vapor microbubbles for use in bioparticle actuation
… thermally formed microbubbles as a means of fluidic actuation. The use of microbubbles is attractive due to the simple fabrication and operation of such devices, however, prior work in this area was hindered by several issues inherent to vapor bubble formation that severely limited the …
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Parallel Simulations, Reduced-Order Modeling, and Feedback Control of Vortex Shedding using Fluidic Actuators
In most of the engineering and industrial flow applications, one encounters fluid-structure interaction. This interaction can lead to some undesirable forces acting on the structure, causing its damage or fatigue. The phenomenon, being complex in nature, requires thorough understanding of the flow …
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Design, fabrication, and control of soft robots with fluidic elastomer actuators
… validation of both single and multi-segment soft fluidic elastomer robots. First, this thesis describes an autonomous fluidic elastomer robot that is both self-contained and capable of rapid, continuum body motion. Specifically, the design, modeling, fabrication, and control of a soft fish is …