The initial design and the prototype implementation of a micro-vehicle is presented. This microvehicle is capable of moving internally and simultaneously inspecting pipe systems with a diameter between 40mm to110mm. The driving motors are chosen to be of ultrasonic piezoelectric type, due to their high torque and compact design characteristics. The structure of the vehicle is modular, based on ...

Moving particle semi-implicit; Red blood cell; Micro-capillary. Abstract Red Blood Cells (RBCs) are the main cells in human blood, with a main role in the mechanical properties of blood as a fluid. Several methods have been improved to simulate the mechanical behavior of RBC in micro-capillaries. Since, in microscopic scales, using discrete models is more preferred than continuum methods, the M...

OBJECTIVE The authors report methods developed for the implantation of micro-wire bundles into mesial temporal lobe structures and subsequent single neuron recording in epileptic patients undergoing in-patient diagnostic monitoring. This is done with the intention of lowering the perceived barriers to routine single neuron recording from deep brain structures in the clinical setting. APPROACH...

Objective. The authors report methods developed for the implantation of micro-wire bundles into mesial temporal lobe structures and subsequent single neuron recording in epileptic patients undergoing in-patient diagnostic monitoring. This is done with the intention of lowering the perceived barriers to routine single neuron recording from deep brain structures in the clinical setting. Approach....

In this article, a novel bicepstrum-based approach is suggested for ground moving radar target classification. Distinctive classification features were extracted from short-time backscattering bispectrum estimates of the micro-Doppler signature. Real radar data were obtained using surveillance Doppler microwave radar operating at 34 GHz. Classifier performance was studied in detail using the Ga...

On the basis of the flow feature in the micro blood vessels, a method to track the trace of cell movement was proposed in this paper. The algorithm employed the space domain enhancement, adaptive threshold segmentation techniques. For the sake of calculating blood flow, the active contour-based template matching method was applied to sequential images. The experimental results show that this me...

Recent research progress in the area of nano/micro scale nucleate boiling is reviewed and an up-to-date summary is provided with a focus on the advances of fundamental boiling physics. This review examines nano/micro scale pool boiling experimental and theoretical/numerical work reported in the open literature. On the experimental side, the topics covered are moving contact line, critical heat ...

Performance analysis of a reversible micro-pump system is obtained by numerical simulations. The unsteady incompressible Navier–Stokes equations are solved in a moving micro-pump system using a spectral h/p element algorithm, employing an arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian (ALE) formulation on structured/unstructured meshes. The performance of the micro-pump is evaluated as a function of the Reynold...