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An Inertial Uni-Axial Interferometer-Based Accelerometer for Harsh Environments

Mark Edward John Butcher, Gerard Aliana Cervera

For high-impact devices, subsequent vibrations have as much influence on the deterioration of the mechanical structure as the impact itself. To mitigate the consequences of both impacts and resulting vibrations, it is crucial to accurately understand the p ...

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2022

Instrumented 5-Time Sit-To-Stand Test: Parameters Predicting Serious Falls beyond the Duration of the Test

Kamiar Aminian, Anisoara Ionescu, Arash Atrsaei, Yves Henchoz

Background: Falls are a major cause of injuries in older adults. To evaluate the risk of falls in older adults, clinical assessments such as the 5-time sit-to-stand (5xSTS) test can be performed. The development of inertial measurement units (IMUs) has pro ...

2021

Device for measuring a force exerted on an object

Simon Nessim Henein, Charles Baur, Mohammad Hussein Kahrobaiyan, Mohamed Gamal Abdelrahman Ahmed Zanaty

The present invention relates to a device for measuring a contact force exerted by an object on a probe comprising a lever and said probe for contacting the object. The lever is pivotably coupled to a body by coupling means. The device comprising a fixed f ...

2020

An Instrumented High-Speed Rotor With Embedded Telemetry For The Continuous Spatial Pressure Profile Measurement In Gas Lubricated Bearings: A Proof Of Concept

Jürg Alexander Schiffmann, Karim Magdi Zakaria Abdelrahman Shalash

Gas lubricated bearings are capable of supporting high speed rotors with satisfactory load capacities. Pressure is one of the constitutional quantities governing the flow field in gas lubricated bearings. Knowledge of the pressure is of principal importanc ...

Amer Soc Mechanical Engineers2019

Experimental study on the hydrodynamic impact of tsunami-like waves against impervious free-standing buildings

Anton Schleiss, Michael Pfister, Davide Wüthrich, Ioan Nistor

Tsunamis, landslide-generated waves, and dam failures are rare, but highly destructive phenomena, associated with extreme loading on infrastructure. Recent events showed that specific measures must be taken to guarantee safety of both people and the built ...

2018

Earthquake-induced floor accelerations in base isolated structure

David Michael Volpe Ruggiero

In order to meet desired seismic performances, it is increasingly evident that engineers require reliable methods for the estimation of seismic demands on both structural and non-structural elements. To this end, current design codes incorporate simplified ...

2017

Bridge natural frequency estimation by extracting the common vibration component from the responses of two vehicles

Arka Prabhata Reksowardojo

Bridge natural frequencies are among fundamental properties of bridges. However, natural frequencies of most bridges remain unknown. Natural frequency identification through acceleration measurement with sensors installed on bridges is not practical if a l ...

Elsevier2017

Flexible and Robust Multilayer Micro-Vibrational Harvesters for High Acceleration Environments

Nico de Rooij, Danick Briand, Andres Felipe Vasquez Quintero, Pattanaphong Janphuang, Robert Andrew Lockhart

This paper presents the fabrication and characterization of multilayer PVDF resonant micro-vibrational energy harvesters designed to withstand environments in which high levels of acceleration are present. The multilayer cantilevers are fabricated by combi ...

Iop Publishing Ltd2013

Traveling-wave deceleration of heavy polar molecules in low-field-seeking states

Andreas Osterwalder

We demonstrate the deceleration of heavy polar molecules in low-field-seeking states by combining a cryogenic source and a traveling-wave Stark decelerator. The cryogenic source provides a high-intensity beam with low speed and temperature, and the traveli ...

American Physical Society2012

Deceleration of neutral molecules in macroscopic traveling traps

Andreas Osterwalder

A decelerator is presented where polar neutral molecules are guided and decelerated using the principle of traveling electric potential wells, such that molecules are confined in stable three-dimensional traps throughout. We compare this decelerator with t ...

2010

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