A Bistable Assistive Device for Wireless Control of a Dysfunctional Bladder Under Minimal Stress
Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.This paper presents a wireless system designed to restore bladder function in patients with an underactive bladder (UAB). The system features a multilayered structure, combining a pre‐shaped restoration layer with a spring‐based actuator. The system delivers 95–100% voiding efficiency within a 10‐s activation while ensuring minimal stress on the ...
Shujun Xiao +4 more
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Application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Civil Engineering [PDF]
Hard computing generally deals with precise data, which provides ideal solutions to problems. However, in the civil engineering field, amongst other disciplines, that is not always the case as real-world systems are continuously changing. Here lies the need to explore soft computing methods and artificial intelligence to solve civil engineering ...
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Shear piezoelectricity in poly(vinylidenefluoride-co-trifluoroethylene): full piezotensor coefficients by molecular modeling, biaxial transverse response, and use in suspended energy-harvesting nanostructures [PDF]
, 2016 The intrinsic flexible character of polymeric materials also causes remarkable strain deformations along directions perpendicular to the applied stress. Here the biaxial response in the shear piezoelectricity of polyvinylidenefluoride copolymers is analyzed and their full piezoelectric tensors are provided.
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Poka: A Necro‐Robot Beetle with a Measured Payload Ratio of 6847%
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Here, Poka, a necro‐robot beetle with the ability to carry more than 68 times its own weight, is introduced, making it also a walking robot with the highest payload ratio measured to date. This paper is concerned with the design, manufacture and validation of ‘Poka', a novel millimetre‐scale necro‐robot aimed at bridging the performance gap between ...
Yordan Tsvetkov, Parvez Alam
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Systems Engineering for Civil Timekeeping [PDF]
arXiv, 2011 The future of Coordinated Universal Time has been a topic of energetic discussions for more than a dozen years. Different communities view the issue in different ways. Diametrically opposed visions exist for the range of appropriate solutions that should be entertained.
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Catalogue of Civil Engineering Library of the University of Iowa [PDF]
, 1899 openalex +2 more sources
Front Matter (Cover, Note from the Editor, Table of Content)
Civil Engineering Dimension.
Civil Engineering Dimension
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Vision‐Assisted Avocado Harvesting with Aerial Bimanual Manipulation
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This work outlines the design and implementation of a bimanual aerial robot that employs visual perception and learning to detect, reach, and harvest avocados. A new gripper and fixer arm assembly is used to harvest avocados, while visual perception enables the detection of avocados and estimation of their position and orientation for determining ...
Zhichao Liu +3 more
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A Novel Scaled Boundary Finite Element Method in Computational Electromagnetics [PDF]
arXiv, 2002 A Novel Scaled boundary finite element method, initially developed in Civil Engineering, is reformulated for solving boundary value problems in computational electromagnetics.
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A brief overview is presented of civil engineering. What it means is defined, why it's important to society, and the training necessary to become one is briefly ...
Kenning, Katie
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