Flexible ultrasonic transducers (FUTs) consisting of a 75 μm thick metal membrane, a piezoelectric composite with a thickness larger than 85 μm and a top electrode were developed for structural health monitoring (SHM) and non-destructive testing (NDT) applications. The piezoelectric films were made by a sol-gel spray technique. Its ultrasonic performance in terms of signal strength is at least ...

introduction: one of the minimally invasive methods of treatmenting liver malignancies is radiofrequency ablation (rfa) which can be applied to primary or secondary tumors. nevertheless, the disease recurrence is probable after rfa application partially due to the inadequate capability of temperature monitoring of the target tissue and visualizing the thermal damage. the goal of this work was t...

Kinetic study of epoxidation of unsaturated ketone of mesityl oxide was studied by usingHydrogen peroxide in the presence of dodecyltrimethyl ammonium bromide (DTAB) as aninverse phase transfer catalyst. The reaction was carried out in the two-phase media of waterheptanewith 1:1 ratio in 25 °C. It was found that the order of reaction for mesityl oxide forketone concentration in the range of 0.0...

A methodology is presented for health monitoring and subsequent inspection of critical structures. Algorithms have been developed to detect and approximately locate damaged regions by analyzing signals recorded from a permanently mounted, sparse array of transducers. Followup inspections of suspected flaw locations are performed using a dual transducer ultrasonic approach where a permanently mo...

The use of B-scan ultrasonography was first reported by Baum and Greenwood (I958), who described their results as equivalent to the first x rays. As they predicted, improvement in equipment and technique has led to increased resolution of ocular structure being obtained by B-scan ultrasonography. The clinical application of the B-scan has been described by Coleman and Jack (I973) and the reliab...

Euphorbia tirucalli (E. tirucalli) is now widely distributed around the world and is well known as a source of traditional medicine in many countries. This study aimed to utilise response surface methodology (RSM) to optimise ultrasonic-assisted extraction (UAE) conditions for total phenolic compounds (TPC) and antioxidant capacity from E. tirucalli leaf. The results showed that ultrasonic temp...

Underwater environments are extremely challenging to perform localization. Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) are usually endowed with acoustic devices such as a Mechanically Scanned Imaging Sonar (MSIS). This sensor scans the environment by emitting ultrasonic pulses and it provides echo intensity profiles of the scanned area. Our goal is to provide self-localization capabilities to an AUV e...

introduction: the aim of this experimental laboratory study was to evaluate the effect of different mixing and placement techniques on compressive strength (cs) of calcium-enriched mixture (cem) cement. methods and materials: cem powder was mixed with its liquid either by hand mixing or amalgamator mixing. the mixture was loaded to cylindrical acrylic molds with 6.0±0.1 mm height and 4.0±1 mm d...