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Kinnikinnic River Trash Collector Design
Authors: Felhofer Samantha , Kraft Kaleigh , Flynn Reilly , Mudlaff Amanda , Samuelson Brett , Kumpaty Subha 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
A senior design team from the Milwaukee School of Engineering assisted the Milwaukee Harbor District with a trash collecting solution for the Kinnickinnic River. The design objectives were: the use of solar panels to generate charge for the continuous operation of the trash solution, an innovative and cost-efficient way to clear debris blockages from the conveyor, low cost, and a design that can operate as autonomously as possible to require the least amount of human intervention. The Kinnickinnic River experiences a reverse flow and a substantial rise in water level during and after storms. The need for a trash solution in the section of the river that passes underneath Becker St. in downtown Milwaukee is due to the extreme pollution that has collected over the years. The city of Milwaukee, through the Harbor District and other non-profit organizations, have made plans to beautify the areas that have suffered from the residual pollution and simultaneously launch a promotional campaign to raise environmental awareness. Through school programs and the reality of the team’s trash solution in the river, the Kinnickinnic River will once again flourish in both flora and fauna. The team has created a design that will fit the river’s needs taking into consideration the solar energy available and various flow simulations. A full design solution with design details and specifications for manufacturing will be submitted to the Harbor District of Milwaukee for their review. The current design makes use of a floating platform base, 24 solar panels, eight lead acid batteries, a DC motor to run a conveyor belt to pull trash out of the water and to run a rake system to aid in pushing trash onto the conveyor, a gearbox to produce the necessary torque, a boom and cable system to catch trash further in the river, and a dumpster located on a dock in front of the trash collector. Finite Element Analysis and Computational Fluid Dynamics simulations were run to test the designs developed for the conveyor mechanism and the raking system and to test the amount of force placed on the trash collector by the water and air velocities. Further simulations may be run to test more components of the trash collector as needed. A prototype of the conveyor and rake system was produced to simulate the functionality of the design. Additionally, the selected solar panels for the design were tested using a data collector and analyzed to ensure power to the design would be enough.
New Intelligent Battery Management System for Drones
Authors: Hashemi Seyed Reza , Esmaeeli Roja , Aliniagerdroudbari Haniph , Alhadri Muapper , Alshammari Hammad , Mahajan Ajay , Farhad Siamak 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
Drones or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) are the aircraft controlled remotely by radio waves or autonomously and can fly without a pilot and passengers. Demands for drones with long flight times are increasing significantly in the personal and commercial applications. One of the main issues about drones is their power management. However, these devices are powered by a high energy density lithium battery, but a flight time range could be about 20–40 min. Increasing the battery energy storage capacity to achieve more flight time is not usually a good idea due to the additional weight in drones. In order to solve this issue, an Intelligent Battery Management System (IBMS) is proposed to predict the maximum available energy of the battery pack to make the best decision for finding the closest charging station depending on different weather conditions. In this study, lithium-ion battery with lithium titanite oxide (LTO) anode, as a fast charging and fast discharging battery, is used as the drone power supply. The proposed IBMS can not only increase the performance and life of the battery system but also it can estimate the battery cells state of charge (SOC) based on a system identification method. Results show that the proposed system has an accurate estimation of the maximum available energy, and therefore accurate flight time prediction to find the best recharging node for the drone.
A Biaxial Infrared and Geomagnetic Composite Attitude Measurement Method of Rotating Projectile
Authors: Cao Yihan , Bu Xiongzhu , Han Wei , He Zilu 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
Aiming at the problem that the triaxial geomagnetic attitude measurement model can not directly figure out the complete attitude information of rotating missile or the current attitude calculation by limit ratio and integral ratio method needs calibration curves and look-up table method, after establishing missile-borne geomagnetic attitude measurement model and missile-borne infrared attitude measurement model respectively, a biaxial infrared and geomagnetic composite attitude measurement method is proposed. By the biaxial infrared attitude measurement model, the pitch angle and roll angle can be directly calculated. Combined with the biaxial geomagnetic attitude measurement model, the heading angle can be worked out finally. Through error transfer theory analysis, the direct calculation of pitch angle and roll angle is realized by alternating solution to reduce the measurement error. According to the analysis of the experimental data, the feasibility of the biaxial infrared and geomagnetic attitude measurement method is verified. And the direct calculation errors of pitch angle, roll angle and heading angle are respectively within ±0.8°, ±0.5° and ±1°. The biaxial infrared and geomagnetic attitude measurement method is simple and effective, which can meet the attitude measurement requirements of rotating projectile.
Energetics of Load Carriage by Bamboo Carrying Poles
Authors: Xu Yuning , Yang Lianxin , Chen Ken , Zhang Jiwen , Fu Chenglong 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
Unlike western conventions of rigid body attachments (e.g. backpack), carriers in Asia prefer to use bamboo poles, an ancient, ingenious, elastically-suspended equipment, especially when carrying heavy loads. As an elastically-suspended equipment, bamboo pole might have some potential benefits including reducing peak shoulder forces as well as saving metabolic transport cost, but certain skills should be needed for loading. Experienced carriers routinely carry loads exceeding their own body mass (Mb) for a long distance, while novices might hurt themselves. However, no skillful bamboo pole carriers’ performance or loading with heavy load has not been reported as far as we know. We set out to determine the loads capability and distances carried by skillful carriers, measure their metabolic cost for carrying the loads, and observe whether their natural walking speed changed as a function of load.
In this paper, we compared the skillful carriers’ energy expenditure on carrying loads in both normal bamboo pole on shoulder and typical backpacks with hip support. Both carrying postures were normal, just as what subjects used in their daily life. The O2 consumption and CO2 production were measured in 13 subjects while standing or walking with loads. All subjects were asked to carry loads ranging from 0 kg to their load capacity in two loading type, while walking on a 1-meter wide nearly circular level track at their preferred speed. These speeds were record by cameras placed beside the track.
Experimental results show that bamboo pole perform better under heavy load: 1. Loading by bamboo pole helped carriers to load 16% body weight heavier than by backpack on average. 2. With the load increasing, the walking speed loading by backpack would decrease from 1.3m/s (0kg) to 1.1m/s (load capacity), however loading by bamboo pole would slightly increase. 3. The rate of energy consumptions both increase with load increasing. Bamboo pole require more metabolic consumption than backpack with same load. 4. Since natural walking speed by bamboo pole faster than by backpack, the cost of transport by bamboo pole would be more economic than by backpack while the load is 50kg or more.
Insight Into the Design of Blast-Mitigating Floor Mats Using Design of Experiments
Authors: Kamel Hisham 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
Recently, Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) have evolved into a major and significant threat inflicting substantial human casualties and property damage. The majority of injuries are to the lower extremities since they are in close contact to vehicle floor. Floor mats have been developed to mitigate the effects of IEDs blasts. This paper reports a computational study on the energy absorbing behavior of a novel commercial floor mat — Skydex — for foot protection. The design of experiments (DOE) approach was applied to investigate the effect of shape variations on the dynamic performance of a finite element model of Skydex. The FE model was verified using experimental tests on samples produced using 3D printing technique. The DOE approach revealed significant insight into the design of Skydex. It confirmed that shape variables have strong effect on the amount of energy absorbed and the transmitted load. DOE specifically identified the radius of the mid-section of Skydex as the most influential factor in controlling the mode of deformation under compression. In addition, it uncovered the interaction effect between the radius of curvatures of the two hemispheres and upper and lower radii. Finally, DOE revealed the bi-trade-off relations between energy absorbed, transmitted load and mass. These were shown in meaningful and helpful plots which will help the development of Skydex design.
Experimental Study on Residual Formability of Single Point Incrementally Formed Part
Authors: Nikhare Chetan P. 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
A substantial increase in demand on the sheet metal part usage in aerospace and automotive industries is due to the increase in the sale of these products to ease the transportation. However, due to the increase in fuel prices and further environmental regulation had left no choice but to manufacture more fuel efficient and inexpensive vehicles. These heavy demands force researchers to think outside the box. Many innovative research projects came to replace the conventional sheet metal forming of which single point incremental forming is one of them. SPIF is the emerging die-less sheet metal forming process in which the single point tool incrementally forces any single point of sheet metal at any processing time to undergo plastic deformation. It has several advantages over the conventional process like high process flexibility, elimination of die, complex shape and better formability. Previous literature provides enormous research on formability of metal during this process, process with various metals and hybrid metals, the influence of various process parameter, but residual formability after this process is untouched. Thus, the aim of this paper is to investigate the residual formability of the formed parts using single point incremental forming and then restrike with a conventional tool. The common process parameters of single point incremental forming were varied, and residual formability was studied through the conventional process. The strain and thickness distribution were measured and analyzed. In addition, the forming limit of the part was plotted and compared.
Impingement Heat Transfer of Various Lobe-Shaped Nozzles
Authors: Panse Sanskar S. , Madhavan Srivatsan , Singh Prashant , Ekkad Srinath V. 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
This paper presents heat transfer characteristics of lobed nozzles, three different lobe configurations viz. three-, four- and six-lobe jets have been tested over a range of Reynolds numbers (based on the effective jet diameter, de) between 8000 and 16000 and normalized jet-to-target spacings (z/de) of 1.6, 3.2 and 4.8. The heat transfer results of lobed configurations were compared to the baseline configuration of circular jets. Steady-state infrared thermography (IRT) experiments were carried out for convective heat transfer coefficient calculations. Experimental results show that the three lobe configuration has a superior heat transfer performance compared to other configurations. Jet-to-target plate standoff distance had drastic effect on the heat transfer performance and contour plots for the lobed nozzles, as heat transfer performance diminished with increase in z/de. For the lobe configurations, with increase in jet-to-target spacing (z/de), the heat transfer coefficient maps tend towards a more circular profile due to the effect of jet diffusion.
Heat Transfer Interface to Graphitic Foam
Authors: Lin Fang-Ming , Anderssen Eric , Yee Raymond K. 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
Thermal interface materials (TIMs) used for bonding components are important for creating a thermally conductive path which improves heat dissipation. Low density, porous carbon foams are commonly used for thermal management applications and devices. Their high surface area to volume ratio enables cooling more effectively via different heat transfer methods. Many studies have adopted different methods to analytically or computationally analyze the effective thermal conductivity of carbon foams. Others have studied the participation of TIMs used in composite materials. However, very few studies have analyzed the microscale effects in heat transfer of the interaction between TIM and carbon foams. The amount of contact between a carbon foam and a bonded surface has hardly been reported in the literature. In this study, the carbon foam is deposited with thin layers of graphene until reaching the desired foam density; this type of foam is known as the graphitic foam. Graphene’s highly anisotropic thermal properties result in high thermal conductivity in the planar direction but low in the normal direction. With these anisotropic thermal characteristics, the objective of this study is to determine the effect of TIM thickness on thermal conductivity of the graphitic foam. It was hypothesized that the direction which heat enters the graphitic foam and the size of the cross-sectional area normal to the heat flux direction would affect the overall effective thermal conductivity. As commonly known, a gap created between ligands (foam structure) and the bonded surface would likely reduce the overall effective thermal conductivity. At the gap, heat is transferred via the TIMs or the graphitic foam through conduction, depending on if a direct contact exists between the graphitic foam and the bonded surface. The filler types used for the TIMs are hypothesized to play a critical role in the heat portion transferred via the TIMs. The heat transfer in 2-D becomes extremely complicated while anisotropic materials (graphene coating) and isotropic materials (TIMs) interact. Furthermore, the non-uniform structure of the carbon foam introduces more complexity to the heat transfer at the interface. A computational model using ANSYS finite element program was developed in this study to help the analysis. The results demonstrate that the parameters at the interface can be optimized to improve the overall effective thermal conductivity of the interface.
Optimal Synthesis of Topology for Compliant Mechanisms
Authors: Caputi Antonio , Russo Davide 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
The aim of the present work is disclosing a model suitable to provide a new tool for the synthesis of mechanisms and structures. Firstly, a framework will be introduced for the representation of a particular class of mechanisms: compliant mechanisms. For this purpose, the constitutive elements and the relations between the elements are organized in a taxonomy, similar to the ones used for the definition of ontologies.
Ontologies have been taken as inspiration for the construction of the general schema for two main reasons: the first one is the need of consistency in the physical models, in order to obtain reliable results. The second reason is that one of the main features of ontologies is modularity, which means that they may be reused, and implemented for the creation of widest classifications. In the proposed framework, mechanisms result from the combination of the constitutive elements, according to a certain topology.
The topologies are generated taking in account the defined feasible relations between elements. Once the mechanisms are defined, their behavior, in terms of mechanical response, is calculated and implemented in the schema as well. Finally, a classification of the evaluated mechanisms is provided, correlating the mechanical behavior of the mechanisms to the topological arrangement of their elements, or, in other words, their geometry.
This classification may be synthetized in a table which may be query setting the mechanical response (set of deformation allowed or denied as response of a set of generalized forces). The result of the query is the indication of the topology of the mechanism that fits the mechanical response best. The proposed table is a design tool actually, suggesting the constructive form to the designer starting from a functional requirement. Moreover, considering the table of topologies and the physical model with which it was generated, they constitute a synthesis tool for that class of mechanisms, and, ultimately, a topology, and size optimization tool.
Split Flow Modified Packed Bed Reactor for Cobalt Oxide Based High-Temperature TCES Systems
Authors: Vahedi Nasser , Oztekin Alparslan 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
The new generation of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants requires high temperature and high energy density storage system with good cyclic stability. The potential solution satisfying such requirements is the thermochemical energy storage (TCES) using gas-solid redox reaction. Design of efficient storage reactor is very critical for applications of such storage systems. Packed bed reactors have a simpler design with no moving components and are more cost-effective compared to other available moving bed design configurations while having high-pressure drop is their main drawback. Any improvement in the pressure drop makes the design more suitable for commercial applications, especially at high temperature operating conditions. Cobalt oxide redox reaction has been considered for this study because of its unique features, especially high enthalpy of reaction (energy density) and high reaction temperature. A rectangular cross-section packed bed reactor with a large aspect ratio is selected as a reference conventional packed bed reactor. The novel split-flow packed bed reactor design configuration is proposed in which a portion of heat transfer fluid is passed through adjacent side channels. The split flow ratio of 1/3 has been considered for the case study. The transient two-dimensional numerical model is developed for solving mass, momentum, and energy equations for both gas and solid phases using suitable reaction kinetics for the reversible reduction and re-oxidation process. Complete storage cycle, including both the charging and discharging mode, has been simulated using finite element method. The split flow design performance is compared with the reference case considering the same size of the reaction bed. It is shown that the conversion time is increased while the pressure drop reduced below half of the pressure loss of the conventional design. Reduced mass flow rate passing through the bed results in considerable improvement in required pressure work with a penalty of storage performance. Further study is needed to optimize the split flow ratio and the surface heat transfer characteristics of the bed. The proposed design configuration could be a breakthrough in packed bed reactors, especially for high-temperature storage applications.
A Novel Nonlinear Time-Frequency Control Strategy for Underactuated Mechanical System
Authors: Zhang Zilong , Suh C. Steve 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
In this paper, a novel nonlinear time-frequency control methodology is presented to address the stabilization of an underactuated surface vessel (USV). The wavelet-domain based time-frequency control technique augmented by the adaptive filters and filtered-x least-mean-square algorithm is employed as the primary control framework. A nonlinear three degrees-of-freedom planar dynamic model for the USV with only two available control inputs is considered in the study. The equations of motion are derived based on the Newton’s Second law of motion. By using wavelet transform and filter banks, the proposed nonlinear control algorithm requires no mathematical simplification or linearization of the physical system, thus retaining all the true nonlinear dynamics of the USV model. The presented nonlinear controller consists of two adaptive finite impulse response (FIR) filers that operate on wavelet coefficients: the first one is used to model the dynamic system on-line and provide a priori information in real-time while the second one serves as a feed-forward controller and rejects the uncontrollable input signal based on the first FIR filter. The proposed nonlinear time-frequency controller properly mitigates dynamical deterioration in both the time and frequency domains and regulates the system response with the desired stability. Numerical simulations are performed in MATLAB Simulink and the results validate the effectiveness of the proposed nonlinear time-frequency control approach.
Theoretical, Experimental and Numerical Analyses for Painlevé Paradox of Two-Link Robotic Manipulator System
Authors: Zhang Sai , Shen Yunian , Yang Jiongcan 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
When multi-rigid-body come into contact with a rough surface in certain configurations, multiple solutions or no solution would occur in the theoretical derivation of the dynamic equation, which is termed Painlevé paradox. In this paper, two-link robotic manipulator system as a kind of Painlevé paradox model is studied from theory, experiment and simulation. The theoretical solution is obtained by the linear complementary problem (LCP) method, which offers guidance to the experiment. Then the feasibility of experiment is validated by numerical simulation. For experiment, two-link robotic manipulator set-up is built. The apparatuses verify the continuity of two-link system motion as a function of initial configuration. The two-link robotic manipulator model is also built in LS-DYNA. The experiment and simulation results show that Painlevé paradox is always accompanied with dynamic jam. Meanwhile, there is no clear boundary between dynamic jam region and non-dynamic jam region derived as the LCP solution indicates. Instead, it tends to be a gradual change process with certain transformation law. Sticking-bounce motion is found in the experiment and simulation. Several different motion characteristics are concluded corresponding to the initial angles of the two links. The summary of the variation of dynamic responses is given for further studying the mechanism of tangential impact of similar robotic manipulator system, especially for guiding how to avoid such universal but unexpected action existing in robotic manipulator system.