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Subterranean Mine Inspection Using the Prometheus Re‐Configurable Drone

Journal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper describes the design, development, and real‐world testing of an autonomous drone for subterranean exploration, known as “Prometheus.” Driven by requirements from industry that the drone be able to be deployed through areas of restricted access, Prometheus was designed to be directly deployed through a 150 mm aperture.
Liam Brown, Robert Clarke, Ali Akbari, Ferdian Jovan, Jameel Marafie, Ognjen Marjanovic, Sara Bernardini, Tom Richardson, Simon Watson   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ballistic performance of lightweight ceramic-metal composite armour plates under blunt projectile impact

Composites Part C: Open Access
The importance of well-designed armour for mitigating threat to life cannot be overemphasized. Possibility of single and multi-layered configurations, various potential materials and their sequence and the gap in between makes the design of effective ...
Hasan Aftab Saeed, Yasser Riaz Awan, Hamza Saleem Khan, Abdur Rehman Mazhar, Shahid Aziz, Dong-Won Jung   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tests of protective clothing for the safe handling of pressurized lamps [PDF]

Tests were made to find a clothing material combination for use in handling high-pressure lamps. Monofilament nylon, ballistic nylon, and ballistic felt grouped into various multilayer combinations and chromed leather were positioned around and 30 cm (12
Ewashinka, J. G.
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Sampling, Mobility, and Anchoring in Small‐Body Sampling Robots: A Comprehensive Review

SmartBot, EarlyView.
Small‐body sampling robots are exploration systems that perform contact, sampling, and stable operations on microgravity bodies such as asteroids and comets. The authors review representative robot architectures and key technologies, focusing on the mechanisms, evolution, and coupling of sampling, mobility, and anchoring.
Yurui Shen, Yixin Zhu, Mingxia Bao, Ting Zhang, Jun Wu, Jingbin Hao, Dezheng Hua, Xinhua Liu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

High performance ammonium nitrate propellant [PDF]

, 1979
A high performance propellant having greatly reduced hydrogen chloride emission is presented. It is comprised of: (1) a minor amount of hydrocarbon binder (10-15%), (2) at least 85% solids including ammonium nitrate as the primary oxidizer (about 40% to ...
Anderson, F. A.
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When does category spanning hurt or help producers?

Strategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Scholars have theorized many factors shaping whether category spanning helps or hurts producers. We first synthesize evidence by meta‐analyzing 25 years of empirical research, which reveals a null effect of spanning on average, yet with significant subsample heterogeneity. To unpack it, we theorize and find that spanning hurts
Jungsoo Ahn, Jean‐Philippe Vergne, Amanda Sharkey   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strategy for One‐Step Optimization of Metal Oxide Passivating Contact Materials for Si Heterojunction Solar Cells through Growth Angle Variation

Small, EarlyView.
A one‐step oblique angle reactive sputtering approach enables simultaneous tuning of bulk and interfacial stoichiometry in a metal oxide/ silicon heterojunction. In case of vanadium oxides, growth angle variation controls the formation of stoichiometric SiO2, ternary SiOx(V) interlayer, and phase purity of vanadium oxide, considerably simplifying the ...
Aparajita Mandal, Alexis Franquet, Hans Hofsäss, Tapobrata Som   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Controlled Formation of Carbon Nanotubes and Nanotube Junctions from Bilayer Graphene

Small, EarlyView.
Twisted bilayer graphene is cut using a scanning transmission electron microscope to create individual chiral carbon nanotubes and interconnected nanotube junctions. The sculpting is facilitated by in situ heating and automated beam control. Bilayer graphene ribbons with a width of less than approximately 4 nm spontaneously convert to CNTs, while no ...
Michael Schlegel, Mitisha Jain, Arkady V. Krasheninnikov, Jannik C. Meyer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Concepts for the development of light-weight composite structures for rotor burst containment [PDF]

, 1977
Published results on rotor burst containment with single materials, and on body armor using composite materials were used to establish a set of hypotheses about what variables might control the design of a weight-efficient protective device.
Holms, A. G.
core   +1 more source

Filling a Gap in Materials Mechanics: Nanoindentation at High Constant Strain Rates up to 105 s−1

Small, EarlyView.
A piezoelectric nanoindentation platform enables constant strain‐rate testing up to 105 s−1, extending experimental capabilities to extreme deformation regimes. Distinct hardness upturns are revealed across crystalline and amorphous materials, verified as intrinsic responses through quasi‐static reloading.
Lalith Kumar Bhaskar, Dipali Sonawane, Hendrik Holz, Jeongin Paeng, Peter Schweizer, Jing Rao, Bárbara Bellón, Damian Frey, Aloshious Lambai, Laszlo Pethö, Johann Michler, Jakob Schwiedrzik, Gaurav Mohanty, Gerhard Dehm, Rajaprakash Ramachandramoorthy   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source