Shorter available development times and fewer available vehicle prototypes have increased the subsystem-based investigation on test rigs within the automotive development process. Steering systems exhibit a direct interface to the driver, therefore,...
Electro-hydraulic suspension systems are one of the key working systems of tractors. Due to the complex and changeable working conditions in the field, it is of great significance to shorten the development cycle of the control strategy and reduce th...
An antilock braking system (ABS) is one of the most important components in a road vehicle, which provides active protection during braking, to prevent the wheels from locking-up and achieve handling stability and steerability. The all-electric ABS w...
In order to accurately simulate the actual road driving resistance of four-wheel drive motor vehicles based on the chassis dynamometer and efficiently test the vehicle performance, it is necessary to analyze the influencing factors of the additional...
In the past decade, an unmanned aerial spraying system (UASS) was applied more and more widely for low-volume aerial pesticides spraying operations in China. However, UASS have a higher drift risk due to more fine droplets sprayed with a higher worki...
The article proposes the design of a test bench simulator to test a parallel hybrid propulsion architecture for aeronautical applications. The virtual test bench simulates, in a scaled version, the real test bench, designed for a power of about 0.4 M...
Existing acoustic test benches are usually costly devices based on proprietary designs, sensors, and acquisition devices. In this paper, a low-cost test bench for acoustic purposes is introduced. The design of the test bench takes into account not on...
The authors of this paper highlight the creation of an experimental system for the implementation and testing of active low-voltage electronic power filters of the parallel type, with applicability in a wide range of electrical parameters. In this pa...
Refrigeration oil has a large effect on the performance of refrigeration systems. However, the physical and chemical indexes of fresh refrigeration oils often fail to reflect the actual operating characteristics, especially with respect to the degrad...
A study on the possibility of integrating a micro-turbogenerator system into a multi-rotor UAV platform was performed along with a performance evaluation of the result. This paper presents the design and development of a micro-turbogenerator system c...
The presented article aims to design an educational test bench setup for smart grids and renewable energies with multiple features and techniques used in a microgrid. The test bench is designed for students, laboratory engineers, and researchers, whi...
In the space sector, test benches are facilities used to perform ground testing of rocket engines with solid, liquid, or hybrid propellants. These tests typically occur during the stages of development, validation, qualification, certification, and a...
This study presents the design, development, and experimental validation of a custom test bench for evaluating the aerodynamic performance of a counter-rotating coaxial propeller system as a function of inter-propeller axial spacing. The experimental...
In recent years, nacelle test benches for wind turbines have been developed internationally. New standards are currently being developed that explicitly refer to the measurement of the electrical properties of wind turbines on these test benches. Thu...
The gear test bench is important equipment for analyzing gear performance, detecting gear quality, and providing basic data for gear design and machining. In order to monitor the running state of the gear test bench, predict its running performance b...
Efficient trajectory and path planning (TPP) is essential for unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) autonomy in challenging environments. Despite the scale ambiguity inherent in monocular vision, characteristics like compact size make a monocular camera i...
Nowadays, electric vehicles attract significant attention because of the increasingly stringent exhaust emission policies all over the world. Moreover, with the fast expansion of the sustainable economy, the demand for electric vehicles is expanding....
For the control of dynamic systems such as an Electro-Hydraulic Actuator (EHA), there is a need to optimize the control based on simulations, since a prototype or a physical system is usually not available during system design. In consequence, no sys...
The bench-scale demonstration of the UKy-IDEA process for direct air capture (DAC) technology combines solvent-aided CO2 capture with electrochemical regeneration (ER) through a pH swing process, enabling efficient CO2 capture and simultaneous solven...
The regeneration of highly dynamic driving maneuvers on vehicle test benches is challenging due to several influences, such as power losses, vibrations in the overall system that involves the vehicle with the test bench, uncertainties in the model pa...
The paper presents a concept and an implementation of a hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) energy storage test bench. This system permits to simulate energy management strategies or battery models in real time in combination with a real energy storage system...
Intelligent tire technology significantly enhances vehicle performance and driving safety by integrating sensors and electronics within the tire to facilitate the real-time monitoring of tire–road interactions. However, its testing and validati...
Brominated disinfection byproducts (DBPs) are a concern to drinking water utilities due to their toxicity and increasing prevalence in water systems. Haloacetic acids (HAAs) are a class of DBPs that are partially regulated by the United States Enviro...
Odor emissions are a crucial component of atmospheric pollution. As odor is a sensory pollutant, its management and treatment are recalcitrant. A wet scrubber (WS) is an efficient technique for odor removal, but disposal of waste liquid discharge lea...
External gear pumps are among the most popular fluid power positive displacement pumps; however, they often suffer from excessive flow pulsation transmitted to the downstream circuit. To meet the increasing demand of quiet operation for modern fluid...
This paper addresses the challenge of ensuring quality control for electronic control units (ECUs) in the automotive industry. Traditional hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) systems, used for software quality assurance, are costly and not always readily avai...
The development of fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) remains challenged by complex system integration, powertrain design, and the limited availability of experimental data under realistic operating conditions, which constrains the validation of ene...
Ageing results in the eventual loss of muscle mass and strength, joint problems, and overall slowing of movements, with a greater risk of suffering falls or other such accidents. The use of gait assistance exoskeletons can help in the active aging of...
This paper presents the design and development of a proof of concept (PoC) open-source data logger system for wireless data acquisition via Wi-Fi aimed at bench testing and fault detection in combustion and electric engines. The system integrates mul...
In recent decades, new evidence has suggested that the role of the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) is not marginal and not only limited to controlling vegetative functions [...]
Aircraft oxygen regulators are a normally used specialized test bench designed to perform tests to the regulators during its work conditions. The tests are performed placing the regulator in the barometric chamber, where low pressure conditions are f...
This study focuses on the design and development of the Double Purpose Bench Vise to address safety, efficiency, and adaptability challenges in welding and fabrication environments. The project responds to limitations of conventional vises that restr...
Under high-density urban underground development conditions, excavation of a large-section tunnel overcrossing an existing tunnel with ultra-small clearance may induce unloading-induced rebound of the underlying ground, thereby causing uplift deforma...
Background/Objective: In recent years, treatment of heart failure patients has proved to benefit from implantation of pressure sensors in the pulmonary artery (PA). While longitudinal measurement of PA pressure profoundly improves a clinician’s...
A hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) experimental test-bench is suggested for a rotodynamic pump in this paper. The HIL simulator is composed of two separate modules and two variable-speed drive (VSD) systems that are connected with the help of a programmabl...
Background/Objectives: Accurate intraoperative tumour localisation remains challenging in minimally invasive colorectal surgery because tactile palpation is lost and conventional markers can migrate or provide imprecise localisation. Building on a pr...
To address the requirements for multi-channel decoupling and high-precision control in quadrotor UAV systems, this paper proposes a novel intelligent controller (TD3-ADRC) which integrates Active Disturbance Rejection Control (ADRC) with the Twin Del...
In this paper, we introduce a control method for the linear quadratic tracking (LQT) problem with zero steady-state error. This is achieved by augmenting the original system with an additional state representing the integrated error between the refer...
This article presents the development and implementation of an automated digital test bench for fault diagnosis in the caution and warning panels of the UH-60 helicopter, using practices based on NASA’s systems engineering process. The research...
Powered roof support is equipped with a hydraulic control system to ensure its required load capacity. The main problem arising from powered roof support during exploitation is providing the necessary load capacity. A decrease in load capacity is mai...
The automotive market is looking for innovative braking solutions that can mitigate or eliminate secondary emissions. For this reason, new braking paradigms have been developed, and magnetorheological brakes could be considered a suitable solution du...
The use of regenerative braking systems is an important approach for improving the travel mileage of electric vehicles, and the use of an auxiliary hydraulic braking energy recovery system can improve the efficiency of the braking energy recovery pro...
The creation and exploitation of gas turbine engines (GTE) often involve two mutually exclusive tasks related to ensuring the highest reliability while achieving a good economic and environmental performance of the power plant. The value of the radia...
Cell and gene therapies represent promising new treatment options for many diseases, but also face challenges for clinical translation and delivery. Hospital-based GMP facilities enable rapid bench-to-bedside development and patient access but requir...
This study designed a control system for the automatic unloading and replenishment of baskets based on the cooperative detection of photoelectric sensors and pressure sensors based on analyzing the structure of the 4UM-120D electric leafy vegetable h...
The main objective of this study was to develop a comprehensive testing method for powered roof supports operating under real mining conditions and to establish guidelines for a monitoring system designed to record their geometric and operational par...
The withdrawal of the iView detection system (iV) forced many cytopathology laboratories, including ours, to substitute immunocytochemical (ICC) staining protocols for routine practice with other detection systems. Our objective was to optimize, vali...
Normalization is a core concept in Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS) education, but assessing student’s normalization solutions is tedious and hard to scale. Current automated methods produce schemas out of structured inputs which...
The Cannabis plant contains numerous components, including cannabinoids and other active molecules. The phyto-cannabinoid activity is mediated by the endocannabinoid system. Cannabinoids affect the nervous system and play significant roles in the reg...
Recent advances in the control of overground exoskeletons are being centered on improving balance support and decreasing the reliance on crutches. However, appropriate methods to quantify the stability of these exoskeletons (and their users) are stil...
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