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Design and Control of Minimum Energy Adaptive Structures

The construction industry is the largest consumer of raw materials and most of the environmental impacts of structures are embodied into load-bearing systems [1]. Civil structures are usually designed to meet strength and deformation requirements to withst ...

2019

Radon Investigation in 650 Energy Efficient Dwellings in Western Switzerland: Impact of Energy Renovation and Building Characteristics

Dusan Licina, Shen Yang

As part of more stringent energy targets in Switzerland, we witness the appearance of new green-certified dwellings while many existing dwellings have undergone energy efficiency measures. These measures have led to reduced energy consumption, but rarely c ...

MDPI2019

A 6.5-GHz Cryogenic All-Pass Filter Circulator in 40-nm CMOS for Quantum Computing Applications

Edoardo Charbon, Andrea Ruffino, Yatao Peng, Fabio Sebastiano

Cryogenic solid-state quantum processors require classical control and readout electronics; to achieve compactness and scalability, cryogenic integrated circuits have been recently proposed for this goal. Circulators are widely used in readout circuits, ho ...

2019

Automated ‘Eye-sight’ Venetian blinds based on an embedded photometric device with real-time daylighting computing

Jean-Louis Scartezzini, Jérôme Henri Kämpf, Yujie Wu

Optimal shading control can improve occupants’ visual comfort and increase energy savings on artificial lighting and cooling loads during warm seasons. A highly integrated automated shading system is presented in this paper. Designed to regulate daylightin ...

2019

Programmable Multistable Mechanisms for Safe Surgical Puncturing

Simon Nessim Henein, Charles Baur, Andrea Lovera, Ilan Vardi, Mohamed Gamal Abdelrahman Ahmed Zanaty, David Lambelet, Thomas Jean Julien Fussinger, Arno Rogg

We present novel medical devices for safe surgical puncturing, in particular a cannula for the treatment of retinal vein occlusion (RVO). This passive mechanical device has an adjustable stroke and exerts a puncturing force independent of operator applied ...

ASME2019

Patient Motion Using a Computerized Leg Brace in Everyday Locomotion Tasks

Exoskeletal systems are becoming a rehabilitation standard of care for persons with lower limb paralysis. As muscular dysfunctions affect a heterogeneous patient group, each individual develops their own strategy to negotiate everyday locomotion challenges ...

2019

Calibration and Validation of Climate-Based Daylighting Models Based on One-Time Field Measurements: Office Buildings in the Tropics

Geraldine Cai Ting Quek

Calibrated climate-based lighting simulation models of buildings have the capacity to perform an essential role in postoccupancy evaluations, such as annual frequency assessments of daylighting quality and visual discomfort. However, in most postoccupancy ...

TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC2019

Solving the Depth Ambiguity in Single-Perspective Images

Sabine Süsstrunk, Majed El Helou, Marjan Shahpaski

Scene depth estimation is gaining in importance as more and more AR/VR and robot vision applications are developed. Conventional depth-from-defocus techniques can passively provide depth maps from a single image. This is especially advantageous for moving ...

2019

Experimental testing of a small-scale truss beam that adapts to loads through large shape changes

Ian Smith, Gennaro Senatore, Arka Prabhata Reksowardojo

Adaptive structures can modify their shape and internal forces through sensing and actuation in order to maintain optimal performance under changing actions. Substantial whole-life energy can be saved with respect to traditional passive designs through wel ...

2019

Analysis of emerging technologies in the hydropower sector

François Avellan

The paper reviews recent research and development activities in the field of hydropower technology. It covers emerging and advanced technologies to mitigate flow instabilities (active and passive approach) as well as emerging magneto-rheological control te ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2019

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