Granular flow in a rotating drum is studied by experiments and by Computation Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations. The particulate phase is modelled based on the Continuum Eulerian Approach (CEA) in the simulation. The particulate phase CEA prediction using the common Gidaspow granular kinetic viscosity or the Syamlal-O’brien granular kinetic viscosity fails to predict the measured dynamic angle o...

This paper will describe the design and implementation of PadMaster, a real-time improvisation environment running under the NextStep operating system. The system currently uses the Mathews/Boie Radio Drum as a three dimensional controller for interaction with the performer. PadMaster splits the surface of the drum into virtual programmable pads which can be grouped into scenes so that the beha...

∗ This work is supported with funds of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft within the priority program "Rapid Prototyping for Integrated Control Systems with Hard RealTime Constraints" Abstract: This paper describes a rapid prototyping system for the design and development of hard real time systems. The main focus of this rapid prototyping system is on scheduling algorithms. Issues of their imp...

To compare energy expenditure during and after active and handheld video game drumming compared to walking and sitting. Ten experienced, college-aged men performed four protocols (one per week): no-exercise seated control (CTRL), virtual drumming on a handheld gaming device (HANDHELD), active drumming on drum pads (DRUM), and walking on a treadmill at ~30% of VO2max (WALK). Protocols were perfo...

Tire forces are the major forces propelling the road vehicles. They significantly affect the dynamic behavior of the vehicles. Estimation of the tire forces is essential in vehicle dynamics and control. This paper presents an observer-based scheme for estimation of the longitudinal tire force of electric vehicles in real time. The observer is based on a nonlinearity observer method. The pole-pl...

Distortion and deformation of tubes during machining operations are very important. In this study, a tube used in magnetic drum separator under concentrated load (machining load) is considered. Using finite element simulation, deformities and their dependence on parameters such as the thickness of the tube and the place of concentrated force are observed and predicted. To compare and confirm th...

A b s t r a e t ~ l i b r a t i o n studies were performed on the Davis Rotating-drum Universal-size-cut Monitoring (DRUM) sampler utilizing fluorescent monodisperse aerosols of polystyrene latex. The DRUM sampler is an eight-stage Lundgren-type rotating drum cascade impactor utilizing a series of single round jets for each stage including low-pressure stages. The DRUM sampler operates continuo...