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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"actuation pressure"”.
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InsulPatch: A Slim, Powerless Microfluidic Patch-Pump for Insulin Delivery
… widths over a range of physiologically relevant actuation frequencies and pressures. We have found that for the specific channel design we have been using, the flow rate generally positively correlates with the actuation pressure. For devices with wider flow channels, the flow rate generally …
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An Experimental Investigation on the Performance of a Shape Changing, Bio-inspired F2MC Panel
… Flexible Matrix Composite (F2MC) tubes for actuation. A beam, or plate strip, model is presented as a means of verifying that F2MC tubes can effectively serve as a means of actuation. This model was actuated in air and water at several internal tube pressures. The static experimental …
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Control strategies for blended braking in road vehicles. A study of control strategies for blended friction and regenerative braking in road vehicles based on maximising energy recovery while always meeting the driver demand.
… electric motor/generator (M/G) and the hydraulic actuation pressure are controlled together to meet the driver’s braking demand. The research presented here has established a new robust dynamic modelling procedure for the design of combined regenerative and hydraulic braking systems. Direct torque …
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Design and analysis of fiber reinforced elastomeric enclosures with application in upper arm orthosis
… fiber angle orientation, and its relation with actuation pressure, material properties and applied load (kinetostatics). The accuracy of the model is verified by benchmarking with existing models for a popular McKibben Pneumatic Artificial muscle (PAM) actuator with two helically wrapped …
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Modeling and design of fiber reinforced pneumatic actuators for soft robotics applications
… kinematics and kinetostatics of FREEs for any actuation pressure and loading conditions. This model is computationally simpler than the current models in literature and can also capture variations in both fiber winding and actuator geometry. The model is validated using multiple prototypes of …
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Optimization and application of normally closed microvalves in microfluidics
… Normally closed (NC) valves based on pneumatic actuation not only address the above issue of portability, but also retain the ease of integrating massively parallel networks of microfluidic elements. In this thesis, I report the design, fabrication, and application of elastomeric NC microvalves, …