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Piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducers for airborne and immersed applications working in the frequency range from 20 kHz in liquid to 750 kHz in air have been fabricated and characterized, as well as simulated by finite element modelling. The b ...
We have performed thermal measurements and electrothermal simulations (finite element modelling) with the aim of optimizing the power consumption and the temperature distribution of micro-hotplates for gas-sensing applications. A silicon island was added u ...
The author discusses the development of mathematical models for the flow of blood in the human circulatory system. By necessity, such a model of a living system must include several simplifications, ignore some factors, and make several assumptions. This i ...
We develop and analyse a composite 'CT3D' tetrahedral element consisting of an ensemble of 12 four-node linear tetrahedral elements, coupled to a linear assumed deformation defined over the entire domain of the composite element. The element is designed to ...
This paper is concerned with the calibration and validation of a finite-element model of dry sliding wear in metals. The model is formulated within a Lagrangian framework capable of accounting for large plastic deformations and history-dependent material b ...
The arterial system can be modelled by means of distributed analogs and by lumped parameter representations, such as the Windkessel. The distributed models, together with biological data, lead to the explanation of arterial function in terms of pressure an ...
The main objective of this paper is to present a framework to evaluate the impact of globalisation on poor farmers. We present a dynamic ecological-economic model that can be used to quantify the impact of globalisation on farmers' income and the quality o ...
On the basis of a distributed-source representation of the lightning channel, the mathematical formulations of the so-called engineering lightning return stroke models are generalized to take into account the presence of a vertically extended strike object ...
The article presents a fully automated identification method for the determination of the sub-subtransient, subtransient and transient characteristic parameters of large synchronous machines. The software allows for an identification of the parameters base ...
Intraband transitions around 1.5 mum are studied in PbSe quantum dots at room temperature. Femtosecond pump-probe measurements reveal induced absorption by photoexcited carriers up to higher energy levels and its relaxation. A dominant decay component has ...
