• Mechanical and microstructural aspects of the hybrid joint of PP-C30S and 2219 aluminum alloy 

  Memon, Shabbir; Paidar, Moslem; Sadreddini, Sina; Cooke, Kavian O.; Babaei, Behzad; Ojo, Olatunji Oladimeji (Elsevier, 2020-12)

  In this work, 2219 aluminum alloy and PP-C30S sheets are welded using Threaded-hole Friction Stir Spot Welding (THFSSW) and Probeless Friction Stir Spot Welding (PFSSW). The results revealed that the reaction layers were ...

• Mitigations of machine-damaged free-edge effects on fiber-reinforced composites 

  Brauning, Kevin Andrew; Kunza, Arifa; Alarifi, Ibrahim M.; Asmatulu, Ramazan (SAGE, 2020-11-25)

  The carbon fiber-reinforced composites were prepared in a vacuum oven using pre-preg composites, and the edge surfaces of the composite coupons were treated using high performing adhesives to eliminate the free-edge effects. ...

• Learning the truth by weakly connected agents in social networks using multi-Armed Bandit 

  Odeyomi, Olusola T. (IEEE, 2020-11-09)

  This article provides a study into the social network where influential personalities collaborate positively among themselves to learn an underlying truth over time, but may have misled their followers to believe a false ...

• Efficient fog harvesting through electrospun superhydrophobic polyacrylonitrile nanocomposite fiber mats 

  Nizam Uddin, Md; Rahman, Muhammad M.; Asmatulu, Ramazan (SPIE, 2020-06-08)

  To address the global water scarcity issue especially in arid and semi-arid regions, efficient water collecting surfaces with fast capturing and easy drainage are essential. This concern is drastically increasing and ...

• Selecting planning horizon length for sequential low-thrust orbit-raising optimization problem 

  Chadalavada, Pardhasai; Dutta, Atri (Univelt Inc., 2019-09)

  In this paper, we revisit the low-thrust multi-revolution orbit-raising problem formulated as a sequence of optimal control sub-problems, each of which computes the trajectory over a planning horizon. Each sub-problem ...

• Reinforcing antibacterial hydrogels through electrospun nanofiber layers for soft tissue engineering 

  Khan, Waseem Sabir; Pyarasani, Suhasini; Asmatulu, Ramazan (Springer, 2020-11-20)

  Hydrogels are polymeric substances with hydrophilic features, which make them capable of holding large volume of liquids in their three-dimensional network structures. Hydrogels are finding wide ranges of applications in ...

• Deep Learning for Optimal Resource Allocation in IoT-enabled Additive Manufacturing 

  Mashhadi, Farshad; Salinas Monroy, Sergio A. (IEEE, 2020-10-13)

  Additive manufacturing is revolutionizing the way that we produce, deliver, and consume objects in many industries. Compared to traditional manufacturing, where large factories mass produce objects far away from consumers, ...

• Comparison of flow stress of aluminum alloy 6061-T6 obtained from chip pulling orthogonal cutting and Kolsky bar testing 

  Cui, Changlong; Bhavsar, Pavan; Lopez-Hawa, Homar; Madhavan, Viswanathan; Moscoso-Kingsley, Wilfredo (Elsevier B.V., 2020)

  Machining can be used as a test for the flow stress of materials under conditions of high strain (ε > 1) and strain rate (102/s to 106/s). Constitutive models of metallic materials are conventionally obtained by dynamic ...

• Correction to: Studies on de-icing and anti-icing of carbon fiber-reinforced composites for aircraft surfaces using commercial multifunctional permanent superhydrophobic coatings 

  Khadka, Ankit; Subeshan, Balakrishnan;; Asmatulu, Ramazan (Springer, 2020-11-10)

  In the original article, the name of author A. Khadka was misspelled. It is correct here.

• Eyebrow deserves attention: upper periocular biometrics 

  Nguyen, Hoang Mark; Rattani, Ajita; Derakhshani, Reza R. (IEEE, 2020-10-02)

  Ocular biometrics is attracting exceeding attention from research community and industry alike thanks to its accuracy, security, and ease of use in mobile devices, especially in the presence of occlusions such as masks ...

• Acoustic testing of the bell 699 rotor on the tiltrotor test rig (TTR) in the national full-scale aerodynamics complex 40-by 80-foot wind tunnel in conversion and airplane configuration 

  Shelts, Kelly; Schatzman, Natasha L. (Vertical Flight Society, 2020-01-21)

  The Tiltrotor Test Rig (TTR) provides new proprotor testing capabilities to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Department of Defense (DoD). A checkout test for the TTR with the 699 proprotor ...

• Detecting first layer bond quality during FDM 3D printing using a discrete wavelet energy approach 

  Bhavsar, Pavan; Sharma, Bhisham N.; Moscoso-Kingsley, Wilfredo; Madhavan, Viswanathan (Elsevier, 2020)

  Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) is a highly versatile additive manufacturing method for 3D printing thermoplastic-based components at small as well as larger production scales. By combining the filament with fibers from ...

• A highly efficient fog harvester of electrospun permanent superhydrophobic-hydrophilic polymer nanocomposite fiber mats 

  Uddin, Md Nizam; Desai, Fenil J.; Rahman, Muhammad M.; Asmatulu, Ramazan (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 ...

• Comparison of machine learning and deep learning models for network intrusion detection systems 

  Thapa, Niraj; Liu, Zhipeng; Kc, Dukka B.; Gokaraju, Balakrishna; Roy, Kaushik (MDPI AG, 2020-09-30)

  The development of robust anomaly-based network detection systems, which are preferred over static signal-based network intrusion, is vital for cybersecurity. The development of a flexible and dynamic security system is ...

• Constructive precoder design for single beam multiuser satellite system with PSK signals 

  Ding, Yanwu; Pham, Khanh D.; Kwon, Hyuck M.; Lyke, James (IEEE, 2020-08-21)

  In satellite systems downlink transmission, multiuser interference from other users often poses severe degradation to the performance. It is commonly mitigated or removed to maintain the quality of service (QoS). In this ...

• MagicHand: context-aware dexterous grasping using an anthropomorphic robotic hand 

  Li, Hui; Tan, Jindong; He, Hongsheng (IEEE, 2020-09-15)

  Understanding of characteristics of objects such as fragility, rigidity, texture and dimensions facilitates and innovates robotic grasping. In this paper, we propose a context- aware anthropomorphic robotic hand (MagicHand) ...

• A comparison of classification techniques to predict brain-computer interfaces accuracy using classifier-based latency estimation 

  Mowla, Md Rakibul; Gonzalez Morales, Jesus D.; Rico Martinez, Jacob; Ulichnie, Daniel A.; Thompson, David E. (MDPI AG, 2020-10-14)

  P300-based Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) performance is vulnerable to latency jitter. To investigate the role of latency jitter on BCI system performance, we proposed the classifier-based latency estimation (CBLE) method. ...

• Simulation models for mobile-to-mobile channels with isotropic and nonisotropic scattering 

  Ding, Yanwu; Ibdah, Yazan (Springer, 2020-09-30)

  Recent radio channel measurements in peer-to-peer (P2P) and mobile-to-mobile network indicate that, depending on the mobility of the terminals and scattering properties of the environment, the predominate fading mechanism ...

• Shoulder kinematics assessment towards exoskeleton development 

  Delgado, Pablo; Alekhya, Sajja; MajidiRad, Amir Hossein; Desai, Jaydip M.; Yihun, Yimesker S. (MDPI AG, 2020-08-11)

  Neuromuscular and sensorimotor degeneration caused by stroke or any other disease significantly reduce the physical, cognitive, and social well-being across the life span. Mostly, therapeutic interventions are employed in ...

• The role of stirring time on the metallurgical and mechanical properties during modified friction stir clinching of AA6061-T6 and AA7075-T6 sheets 

  Memon, Shabbir; Paidar, Moslem; Ojo, Olatunji Oladimeji; Cooke, Kavian O.; Babaei, Behzad; Masoumnezhad, Mojtaba (Elsevier, 2020-12)

  In this study, the modified friction stir clinching process was successfully utilized to weld the AA7075-T6 to AA6061-T6 aluminum alloys. The approach of this study was to appraise the influence of the stirring time (6, ...

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