Bicycle Rider Control: Observations, Modeling & Experiments

Bicycle designers traditionally develop bicycles based on experience and trial and error. Adopting modern engineering tools to model bicycle and rider dynamics and control is another method for developing bicycles. This method has the potential to evaluate the complete design space, and thereby develop well handling bicycles for specific user...

Train-induced ground vibrations: Modeling and experiments

Ground vibrations generated by high-speed trains are of great concern because of the possible damage they can cause to buildings or other structures near the track, and the annoyance to the public living in the vicinity of the track. Particularly in soft-soil regions, where the wave speed is comparable to the speed of the trains, a strong...

Acoustic coagulation of aerosols

Flue gas from combustion or syngas from gasification can contain fine particles, so called aerosols. These can be potentially harmful for downstream equipment or if emitted to the atmosphere, be inhaled by humans and cause respiratory problems. Standard practice to mitigate this is to use a cyclone which has a low filtration efficiency for sub...