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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 ...
EPFL2024Small-scale robotic devices for medical interventions in the brain
Mahmut Selman Sakar, Lorenzo Francesco John Noseda
This article summarizes the recent advancements in the design, fabrication, and control of microrobotic devices for the diagnosis and treatment of brain disorders. With a focus on diverse actuation methods, we discuss how advancements in materials science ...
2024Friction and fracture: richness and complexity in dynamic rupture
Understanding how things break and slide is of paramount importance to describe the dynamics of a broad range of physical systems. This includes day-to-day problems such as the breaking of a glass of wine or the sliding of skis on snow, but also engineerin ...
EPFL2023Nucleation, propagation, and scale dependence of laboratory frictional ruptures; implications for earthquake mechanics.
Earthquakes are natural phenomena that cause ground shaking and damage to people and infrastructures. Despite significant progress achieved in understanding how earthquakes start, propagate, and arrest, many aspects of their physics and mechanics remain no ...
EPFL2023Data-driven finite-thickness cohesive elements for frictional interfaces
Jean-François Molinari, Antonio Joaquin Garcia Suarez, Sacha Zenon Wattel, Yannick André Neypatraiky
Model-free data-driven computational mechanics (DDCM) [Kirchdoerfer & Ortiz, 2016] is a new paradigm for simulations in solid mechanics. As in the classical method, the boundary value problem is formulated with physics-based PDEs such as the balance of mom ...
2023What about Diamond Open Access?
Diamond Open Access is a scholarly publishing model characterized by journals and platforms that do not impose fees nor on authors neither on readers. These journals typically operate as community-driven, academically-led, and academically-owned initiative ...
2023A framework for occupancy detection and tracking using floor-vibration signals
In sensed buildings, information related to occupant movement helps optimize important func-tionalities such as caregiving, energy management, and security enhancement. Typical sensing approaches for occupant tracking rely on mobile devices and cameras. Th ...
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