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Soft Actuators Integrated with Control and Power Units: Approaching Wireless Autonomous Soft Robots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Soft robots exhibit significant development potential in various applications. However, there are still key technical challenges regarding material improvement, structure design and components integration. This review focuses on the development and challenge of soft actuators, power components, and control components in untethered intelligent soft ...
Renwu Shi, Feifei Pan, Xiaobin Ji
wiley   +1 more source

Binder Materials for Green Propellants

, 2014
This chapter discusses binder materials for green solid composite and homogeneous rocket propellants. The propellant compositions considered are based on ammonium dinitramide, hydrazinium nitroformate, ammonium nitrate, guanyl urea dinitramide, or ...
Malmström, Eva,, Carina Eldsäter, Eldsäter, C., Eva Malmström   +3 more
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Multidirectional Motion Strategy of Miniature Water Surface Robot Actuated by Single Exciter

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A novel multidirectional motion strategy on the water surface based on a single exciter is proposed, and a single‐exciter single‐plate module is developed for actuation. The driving forces generation mechanism of the module is revealed from the perspective of the asymmetric surface wave field.
Haoxuan He, Dehong Wang, Jing Li, Shijing Zhang, Yingxiang Liu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Study on Creep Behavior of Composite Solid Propellants Using the Kelvin-Voigt Model

, 2017
A Kelvin-Voigt model consisting of a spring and a dashpot in parallel was applied for the viscoelastic characterization of solid rocket propellants. Suitable values of spring constants and damping coefficients were employed by a least squares fit of the ...
Bihari, B. K., Rao, N. P. N., Murthy, K. P. S., Gupta, M.   +3 more
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Multimodal Locomotion in Insect‐Inspired Microrobots: A Review of Strategies for Aerial, Surface, Aquatic, and Interfacial Motion

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review identifies key design considerations for insect‐inspired microrobots capable of multimodal locomotion. To draw inspiration, biological and robotic strategies for moving in air, on water surfaces, and underwater are examined, along with approaches for crossing the air–water interface.
Mija Jovchevska, Kaushik Jayaram, Nicole Xu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identification of Isocyanate Number on IPDI and TDI Due to Storage Period and Their Impact on Composite Solid Propellant

Reaktor
Isocyanate compounds serve as a curing agent in the production of composite propellants, playing a crucial role in determining their characteristics. Due to its high reactivity with moisture, it is essential to determine the isocyanate number of stored ...
Anita Pinalia, Ratnawati Ratnawati
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of Ferrocene Derivatives as Burn Rate Modifiers in AP/HTPB-Based Composite Propellants

, 2013
Some ferrocene derivatives like 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine derivative of acetyl ferrocene, 1-pyrrolidinylmethyl ferrocene, di-ter-butyl ferrocene and 1,3-diferrocenyl-l-butene (DFB) have been synthesised and characterised by infrared, nuclear magnetic ...
Prasad, U. S., Bhatewara, R. G., Mane, S. K., Gupta, Manoj, Gore, G. M., Tipare, K. R.   +5 more
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Degradable Magnetic Composites from Recycled NdFeB Magnets for Soft Actuation and Sensing

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This work presents a degradable soft magnetic composite made from recycled NdFeB particles embedded in a gelatin‐based organogel. The material is processed into magnetic sensors and soft robotic components, which can later be dissolved in a green solvent to recover NdFeB magnetic particles.
Muhammad Bilal Khan, Lin Guo, Kilian Schäfer, Eduardo Sergio Oliveros‐Mata, Xiaotao Wang, Florian Hofmann, Matthias Lutzi, Mark Suppelt, Proloy Taran Das, Jan Schmidtpeter, Imants Dirba, Stephan Rinderknecht, Mario Kupnik, Denys Makarov, Oliver Gutfleisch   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advances in the development and characterization of combustible cartridge cases and propellants: Preparation, performance, and future prospects

Reviews on Advanced Materials Science
This study presents a comprehensive analysis of combustible cartridge cases (CCCs) and propellants with a focus on their preparation methods, characterization techniques, and application in modern weaponry.
Wu Mengde, Xiao Zhenggang
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Thermal decomposition kinetics and storage life prediction of nitramine propellants with different energetic plasticizers based on model-fitting method

Case Studies in Thermal Engineering
The research on the thermal decomposition of propellant is critical to determining its safe storage life. The thermogravimetry (TG) testing of nitramine propellants plasticized by nitroglycerin (NG), glycidyl azide polymer (GAP), 2,2-dinitropropanol ...
You Fu, Zhitao Liu, Bin Xu, Feiyun Chen, Xiaoan Wei, Yiqiang Long, Xin Liao   +6 more
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