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Instabilities in Elastic and Magneto-Elastic Beams and Shells: from Shell Buckling to the Design of a Programmable Braille Reader

In this thesis, we conduct a comprehensive investigation into structural instabilities of both elastic and magneto-elastic beams and shells, resulting in a creative proposal to design a programmable braille reader. Methodologically, we combine numerical si ...

EPFL2024

The strength of surgical knots involves a critical interplay between friction and elastoplasticity

Pedro Miguel Nunes Pereira de Almeida Reis, Paul Johanns, Changyeob Baek, Paul Grandgeorge

Knots are the weakest link in surgical sutures, serving as mechanical ligatures between filaments. Exceeding their safe operational limits can cause fatal complications. The empirical nature of present guidelines calls for a predictive understanding of the ...

AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE2023

A Hybrid Approach to Neutron Transport with Thermal-hydraulic Feedback for Reactor Transient Analysis

Alexander Aures

Understanding the time-dependent behaviour of a nuclear reactor following an intended or unintended change of the reactor conditions is of crucial importance to the safe operation of nuclear reactors. Safety evaluations of nuclear reactors involve the anal ...

EPFL2021

Power calibration methodology at the CROCUS reactor

Andreas Pautz, Vincent Pierre Lamirand, Oskari Ville Pakari, Pavel Frajtag, Axel Guy Marie Laureau

In the present article, we detail the method used to experimentally determine the power of the CROCUS zero-power reactor, and to subsequently calibrate its ex-core monitor fission chambers. Knowledge of the reactor power is a mandatory quantity for a safe ...

E D P SCIENCES2020

Accumulation in fed-batch reactor with multiple reaction scheme

Charles Ibrahim Guinand

Nowadays, the fine chemical industry requires increasingly faster time-to-market as well as economically efficient and safe processes. In addition, the growing product variety needs more versatile production plants able to produce from small amounts up to ...

EPFL2017

Battery Storage System Optimal Exploitation Through Physics-Based Model Predictive Control

Mario Paolone, Fabrizio Sossan, Dimitri Torregrossa, Emil Namor

Traditionally, the safe operation of a battery energy storage system (BESS) is achieved by imposing conservative constraints on its DC bus current and voltage. By using a computationally efficient single particle model (SPM), we propose to replace these co ...

IEEE2017

Thermal Stability Predictions for Inherently Safe Process Design Using Molecular-Based Modelling Approaches

Thierry Meyer, Annik Nanchen, Francis Stoessel, Nadia Baati

For efficient inherently safe design, awareness of all available options at the appropriate decision-making moment is key. Simulations offer both timely availability and large screening possibilities. Therefore computer-aided product design gained in popul ...

Aidic Servizi Srl2016

Overview of the FTU results

Olivier Sauter, Basil Duval, Duccio Testa, Holger Reimerdes, Alexander Karpushov, Cristian Galperti, Gabriele Grosso, Doohyun Kim, Dávid Wágner, Lucia Isabel Federspiel, Jonathan Rossel, Donghyun Kim

Since the 2012 IAEA-FEC Conference, FTU operations have been largely devoted to runaway electrons generation and control, to the exploitation of the 140 GHz electron cyclotron (EC) system and to liquid metal limiter elements. Experiments on runaway electro ...

Iop Publishing Ltd2015

Autonomous, Vision-based Flight and Live Dense 3D Mapping with a Quadrotor Micro Aerial Vehicle

Davide Scaramuzza

The use of mobile robots in search-and-rescue and disaster-response missions has increased significantly in recent years. However, they are still remotely controlled by expert professionals on an actuator set-point level, and they would benefit, therefore, ...

John Wiley & Sons2015

Control Strategies for Active Lower Extremity Prosthetics and Orthotics: A Review

José del Rocio Millán Ruiz, Hannes Bleuler, Mohamed Bouri, Roger Gassert, Olivier Lambercy, Jeremy Olivier

Technological advancements have led to the development of numerous wearable robotic devices for the physical assistance and restoration of human locomotion. While many challenges remain with respect to the mechanical design of such devices, it is at least ...

BioMed Central2015

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