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Applied Sciences, Volume 7, Issue 10

October 2017 - 140 articles

Cover Story: Since the proposed actuator is so soft and flexible, it can be easily embedded into flexible or shape-changeable devices. We inserted the structure of the proposed actuator and its operating principle. We made a wave-shaped PVC gel as a vibrating film to maximize the displacement in a small and thin actuator and designed a new structure for concentrating most of electric energy on the actuation. When voltage input is applied to the PVC gel, the PVC gel deforms toward an anode. So, under an applied voltage, the actuator compresses to the thickness direction. As soon as remove the voltage input, and it quickly returns to its initial state. Viev this paper here.
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Articles (140)

  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
6,877 Views
21 Pages

Compact Left-Handed Meta-Atom for S-, C- and Ku-Band Application

  • Md. Mehedi Hasan,
  • Mohammad Rashed Iqbal Faruque and
  • Mohammad Tariqul Islam

23 October 2017

A new compact left-handed meta-atom for S-, C- and Ku-band applications is presented in this paper. The proposed structure provides a wide bandwidth and exhibits left-handed characteristics at 0°, 90°, 180° and 270° (xy-axes) rotations. Besides, the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
6,594 Views
14 Pages

Hybrid Prediction Model of the Temperature Field of a Motorized Spindle

  • Lixiu Zhang,
  • Chaoqun Li,
  • Yuhou Wu,
  • Ke Zhang and
  • Huaitao Shi

22 October 2017

The thermal characteristics of a motorized spindle are the main determinants of its performance, and influence the machining accuracy of computer numerical control machine tools. It is important to accurately predict the thermal field of a motorized...

  • Article
  • Open Access
63 Citations
8,085 Views
15 Pages

Characterization and Use of Construction and Demolition Waste from South of Brazil in the Production of Foamed Concrete Blocks

  • Patrícia Favaretto,
  • Gelsa Edith Navarro Hidalgo,
  • Carlos Hoffmann Sampaio,
  • Rodrigo De Almeida Silva and
  • Richard Thomas Lermen

21 October 2017

The main objective of this study was to evaluate the use of construction and demolition waste (CDW) from the Passo Fundo region of Rio Grande do Sul (RS), Brazil, in the development of aerated foamed concrete. This waste had not yet been characterize...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
6,190 Views
15 Pages

A High-Dynamic-Range Optical Remote Sensing Imaging Method for Digital TDI CMOS

  • Taiji Lan,
  • Xucheng Xue,
  • Junlin Li,
  • Chengshan Han and
  • Kehui Long

20 October 2017

The digital time delay integration (digital TDI) technology of the complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor has been widely adopted and developed in the optical remote sensing field. However, the details of targets that have low il...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
65 Citations
6,133 Views
13 Pages

20 October 2017

In this paper, steel slag/steel fiber composite asphalt mixture were prepared. The effects of the addition of steel slag and/or steel fibers on the mechanical, thermal, induction heating and healing properties of asphalt mixture were investigated. Th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,581 Views
9 Pages

19 October 2017

We present a simple yet effective method, without the need for any additional recording of intensity maps or tremendous iterative computations, to recover reference-wave intensity resulting from the complex hologram acquired by quadrature phase-shift...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,064 Views
12 Pages

Optimal Waveform of the Partial-Respond Signal Based on Minimum Out-of-Band Radiation Criterion

  • Wenjing Shang,
  • Yidong Xu,
  • Junwei Qi,
  • Wei Xue and
  • Sergey B. Makarov

19 October 2017

This paper presents a novel method designing an optimized waveform with high spectral efficiency based on minimum out-of-band radiation criterion. Introducing the Pan-function model, Fourier series, and constraints, we achieve the numeric solution of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
4,942 Views
15 Pages

19 October 2017

Metakaolin (MK) is a highly active pozzolanic material and MK is increasingly used in producing high performance concrete. This study presents an integrated hydration-mechanical-durability model for evaluating various properties of metakaolin blended...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,026 Views
14 Pages

19 October 2017

The combustion characteristics of co-firing bio-oil produced from the fast pyrolysis process of coffee bean residue and diesel in a 300-kWth oil-fired furnace are investigated. Using bio-oil to completely replace fossil fuels has limitations since bi...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,396 Views
10 Pages

Femtosecond Laser-Inscripted Direct Ultrafast Fabrication of a DNA Distributor Using Microfluidics

  • Hojun Shin,
  • Hyojae Kim,
  • Yeongseok Jang,
  • Jinmu Jung and
  • Jonghyun Oh

19 October 2017

A femtosecond laser can be used for single or multiple writing processes to create sub 10-μm lines or holes directly without the use of masks. In this study, we characterized the depth and width of micro-channels created by femtosecond laser micro-sc...

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Appl. Sci. - ISSN 2076-3417