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Head and neck injury analysis due to fall at the aircraft entry door
(Wichita State University, 2007-05)Falls are one of the most common causes of injury among young children and have been recognized as a major cause of death and disability worldwide among children 1-3 years old. A characteristic of injuries among very young ... -
Head impact evaluation onto conventional tempered glass and laminated glass car windows in side impact and rollover accidents
(Wichita State University, 2013-07)The occupant injuries in the side impact crash and rollover are more severe than those in frontal impacts as the occupant is partially or fully ejected through the side window and comes in contact with foreign objects such ... -
Health diagnostics using multi-attribute classification fusion
(Elsevier Ltd., 2014-06)This paper presents a classification fusion approach for health diagnostics that can leverage the strengths of multiple member classifiers to form a robust classification model. The developed approach consists of three ... -
Heat transfer analysis through branched structure microchannel heat exchanger
(Wichita State University, 2016-04-29)Heat Exchanger is a key component in cooling systems. The introduction of microchannel heat exchangers has revolutionized the cooling technology which lead to miniaturization of devices to a great extent. Due to their ... -
Heat transfer in completely and partially filled spherical phase change thermal energy storage modules
(AIP Publishing, 2016)A comprehensive investigation of heat transfer and induced fluid flow interactions during melting in a confined storage medium is reported in this paper. This study focuses on thermal characterization of a single constituent ... -
Heating performance impact on a mechanical packaged heat pump using all aluminum indoor heat exchanger and reduced copper outdoor heat exchanger
(Wichita State University, 2021-07)The core objective of this study was to analyze the effect of aluminum tube with an improved fin design in a mechanical package heat pump, determine the efficiency of the heat pump, and to take a pragmatic look at the ... -
High Rayleigh number flows in a cubical enclosure
(Wichita State University, 2010-12)The current study was undertaken with an intention to verify and extend the boundaries of the work produced by Xia & Murthy [24] and Vargas [23] on natural convective flows inside a cubical enclosure to observe the transition ... -
High-temperature cross-linking of carbon nanotube multi-yarn using polyvinylpyrrolidone as a binding agent
(American Scientific Publishers, 2015-03)Carbon nanotube (CNT) multi-yarn was cross-linked together at elevated temperatures using a polymer, with the intent of improving their strength and electrical conductivity. They were functionalized using an acid treatment ... -
Highly efficient catalyst for carbon dioxide reduction via photocatalytic carbon dioxide-based reforming of methane
(Wichita State University, 2019-05)Greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) are the primary causes of global warming. The concentration of CO2 and CH4 in the environment has been increasing due to an increased human activity over the ... -
A highly efficient fog harvester of electrospun permanent superhydrophobic-hydrophilic polymer nanocomposite fiber mats
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2020-08-26)To address the worldwide issue of water scarcity, which is threatening our sustainable economic development and ecological security, an efficient water-collecting surface with fast-capturing capability and easy drainage ... -
Highly hydrophilic electrospun fibers for the filtration of micro and nanosize particles treated with coagulants
(Wichita State University, 2011-12)Electrospinning has been widely used in the last decade for research in the field of nanotechnology because of its ability to create sub-micron to nanoscale fibers. In this research work, hydrophilic nanofiber membranes ... -
Highly hydrophilic electrospun polyacrylonitrile polyvinypyrrolidone nanofibers incorporated with gentamicin as filter mediums for drinking and wastewater treatments
(Wichita State University, 2016-04-29)Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) was dissolved in dimethylformamide with different weight percentages of poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP), and then gentamicin sulfate powder was added to the solution prior to the electrospinning process. ... -
Highly robust superhydrophobic coating of aluminum 2024-T3 alloy for corrosion mitigation, deicing, and self-cleaning of aircraft
(Wichita State University, 2018-05)Metals and alloys are used extensively because of their characteristics, including high strength, ability to bear heavy loads and stress, ductility, machinability, and so on. Metals and alloys are subject to corrosion ... -
Highly sensitive and reliable electrospun polyaniline nanofiber based biosensor as a robust platform for COX-2 enzyme detections
(Korean Fiber Society, 2019-05)Highly sensitive, reliable and practical detection of Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) as an important enzyme in pain biomarkers, inflammation, and cancer cell proliferation is of great importance. This study demonstrates the ... -
Human factors to develop a safety guard model in human-robot interaction
(Springer, 2020-04-21)In this research, a strategy to incorporate an assist-as-needed scheme into human-robot collaboration during an object co-lifting and manipulation task is developed. Surface Electromyography (sEMG) signals from the upper-arm ... -
Human-Exoskeleton Joint Coordination Assessment: A Case Study on the Shoulder and Elbow Joints
(Springer, 2022-07-12)This study is aimed at developing a methodology to assess and quantify the human limb motions and interactions with the exoskeleton in relation to alignment. Three different basic and common upper arm joint movements and ... -
A hybrid direct-automatic differentiation method for the computation of independent sensitivities in multibody systems
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2014-12-21)The usefulness of sensitivity analyses in mechanical engineering is very well-known. Interesting examples of sensitivity analysis applications include the computation of gradients in gradient-based optimization methods and ... -
The hybrid predictive dynamics method for analysis, simulation and prediction of human motion
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2016)The 'Hybrid Predictive Dynamics Method for Digital Human Modeling' is analyzed in this work. The Hybrid' prefix mentioned in the literature recently [1] refers to the use of motion capture data for improving human motion ... -
Hybrid simulation of a dynamic multibody vehicle suspension system using neural network modeling fit of tire data
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2016)Multibody models of vehicle suspension systems are a useful tool for investigating road handling performance and passenger harshness of a vehicle under varying conditions. The multibody model describes the nonlinear ... -
Hydrodynamic behavior of magnetic nanocomposite spheres under magnetic fields
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2012)In the present study, drug carrying magnetic nanocomposite spheres were fabricated using oil-in-oil emulsion/solvent evaporation method and characterized via different techniques. The spheres with a diameter of 200 nm and ...