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Lai, J. (author), Huang, B. (author), You, X. (author), Maschek, M. (author), Zhou, Guofu (author), van Dijk, N.H. (author), Brück, E.H. (author)The Fe<sub>2</sub>P type Mn–Fe–P–Si alloys exhibit a giant magneto-elastic first-order transition, but the large hysteresis limits their performance. Crystal structure evolution and magnetocaloric performance were investigated by varying the Mn and Fe contents at a constant V substitution of 0.02 in Fe<sub>2</sub>P-type (Mn<sub>1.17-x</sub>Fe...journal article 2024
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Hoekwater, William B. (author), Ronaes, E.P. (author), Hassan HosseinNia, S. (author)Recent studies have shown that tunable magnets (soft permanent magnets) can significantly reduce Joule heating in electromagnetic actuators. To achieve high motion accuracy and repeatability, this article proposes a novel actuator design with a linearized force-flux relation. In prior designs of variable reluctance tunable magnet actuators,...journal article 2024
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van Dokkum, J.S. (author)Inelastic deformation is a common but often neglected phenomenon in experimental analysis of metal deformation and in contacts. This neglect leads to degraded measurement accuracy of material properties. Therefore a need arises for material models that a priori incorporate inelasticity. These material models must be simple and comprehensive to...doctoral thesis 2023
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Venkata Shanmukha Sreeramagiri, Souri (author)Energy dissipation plays a crucial role in mitigating noise and vibration in a wide range of applications. In the field of assistive devices, energy dissipation is used to improve the stability of joint motion and protect the musculoskeletal system from excessive loads. It is not surprising that considerable effort has gone into developing...master thesis 2023
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Papa, Kyriacos (author)Neuromuscular diseases often result in elevated passive joint impedance (PJI), impacting the daily lives of affected individuals. To be able to apply assistive devices that compensate for PJI, it is essential to identify the PJI correctly. This study aims to identify and model the PJI of the elbow joint, to improve the control of force-based...master thesis 2023
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MAHAJAN, SAURABH (author)Structural joints influence the design strength, material requirement of a structure. Structural joints experience damping dissipation due to friction damping or hysteresis damping. Damping is often used for reducing the vibrations in a structure. However, large amount of energy dissipation leads to deterioration of the material used for...master thesis 2023
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Lv, Maolong (author), De Schutter, B.H.K. (author), Cao, Jinde (author), Baldi, S. (author)Practical tracking results have been reported in the literature for high-order odd-rational-power nonlinear dynamics (a chain of integrators whose power is the ratio of odd integers). Asymptotic tracking remains an open problem for such dynamics. This note gives a positive answer to this problem in the framework of prescribed performance...journal article 2023
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Zhang, F. (author), Smits, Sebastian (author), Kiecana, A. (author), Batashev, I. (author), Shen, Q. (author), van Dijk, N.H. (author), Brück, E.H. (author)The influence of doping with the 5d transition metal W has been studied in the quaternary (Mn,Fe)<sub>2</sub>(P,Si) based giant magnetocaloric compounds, which is one of the most promising systems for magnetic refrigeration. It is found that W substitution can separately decrease the Curie temperature T<sub>C</sub> and retain the thermal...journal article 2023
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Bo, Z. (author), Boon, M.M. (author), Hajibeygi, H. (author), Hurter, Suzanne (author)Underground Hydrogen Storage (UHS) is an emerging large-scale energy storage technology. Researchers are investigating its feasibility and performance, including its injectivity, productivity, and storage capacity through numerical simulations. However, several ad-hoc relative permeability and capillary pressure functions have been used in...journal article 2023
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Meyer, M. (author), Déprez, C.C. (author), van Abswoude, Timo R. (author), Meijer, Ilja N. (author), Liu, Dingshan (author), Wang, C.A. (author), Karwal, S. (author), Oosterhout, S.D. (author), Borsoi, F. (author), Sammak, A. (author), Hendrickx, N.W. (author), Scappucci, G. (author), Veldhorst, M. (author)Highly uniform quantum systems are essential for the practical implementation of scalable quantum processors. While quantum dot spin qubits based on semiconductor technology are a promising platform for large-scale quantum computing, their small size makes them particularly sensitive to their local environment. Here, we present a method to...journal article 2023
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Klok, J.W.A. (author), Postema, R.R. (author), Steintorsson, Astor T. (author), Dankelman, J. (author), Horeman, T. (author)In laparoscopic surgery, quality of haptic feedback is reduced compared to conventional surgery, leading to unintentional tissue damage during grasping. From the perspective of haptics, poor mechanical design of laparoscopic instrument joints induces friction and a nonlinear actuation-tip force relation. In this study, a novel laparoscopic...journal article 2023
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Wang, Y. (author), Zhang, Z. (author), Vuik, Cornelis (author), Hajibeygi, H. (author)An efficient compositional framework is developed for simulation of CO <sub>2</sub> storage in saline aquifers during a full-cycle injection, migration and post-migration processes. Essential trapping mechanisms, including structural, dissolution, and residual trapping, which operate at different time scales, are accurately captured in the...journal article 2023
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Nazari, Farzaneh (author), Aghabozorgi Nafchi, Shokoufeh (author), Vahabzadeh Asbaghi, Ehsan (author), Farajzadeh, R. (author), Niasar, Vahid J. (author)Hypothesis: Underground hydrogen storage in depleted hydrocarbon reservoirs and aquifers has been proposed as a potential long-term solution to storing intermittently produced renewable electricity, as the subsurface formations provide secure and large storage space. Various phenomena can lead to hydrogen loss in subsurface systems with the...journal article 2023
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Rojas, D. (author), Quintana Gallo, P. (author), Pürgstaller, A. (author), Bianchi, S. (author), Ciurlanti, J. (author), Pampanin, S. (author), Bergmeister, K. (author)This article presents a numerical study on the influence of the anchorage shear hysteresis on the seismic response of nonstructural components (NSC) connected to multi-storey reinforced concrete (RC) buildings, and of the anchorage itself. To cover a variety of different types of shear hysteresis shapes, this contribution considered the...journal article 2023
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Lu, T. (author), Du, S. (author)In this letter, a 6.78-MHz single-stage regulating voltage-doubling rectifier is presented for biomedical wireless power transfer (WPT) applications. Derived from a full-wave voltage doubler, a theoretical voltage conversion ratio (VCR) of 2 can be achieved, which benefits the end-to-end voltage gain of a biomedical WPT system with varying...journal article 2023
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Pérez-Ràfols, Francesc (author), van Dokkum, J.S. (author), Nicola, L. (author)Viscoelasticity and roughness are among the possible causes of the adhesive hysteresis displayed by soft contacts. Viscoelasticity causes an increased effective work of adhesion due to stiffening of the contact, while roughness is responsible for elastic instabilities. Herein, we explore the interplay between viscoelasticity and roughness by...journal article 2023
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Bouwmeester, Boudewijn (author)The increasing global demand of renewable and clean energy has led to the exponential growth, development, and interest in the offshore wind energy industry and expansion towards earthquake-prone areas. Offshore wind turbine structures, typically supported by a tubular monopile foundation, are increasing in size to meet the increasing human...master thesis 2022
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Tunable Magnet Actuators: Hysteresis Modelling for Efficient and Accurate Magnetization State TuningWiersema, Jasper (author)In this thesis, the accuracy and efficiency of Magnetization State (MS) tuning in Tunable Magnet Actuators (TMAs) is investigated. TMAs are developed to improve thermal stability in quasi-static precision actuation applications. First, the operating principles of TMAs and limitations in previous work are discussed respectively. It is found that...master thesis 2022
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van Heerden, Rik (author), Procel Moya, P.A. (author), Mazzarella, L. (author), Santbergen, R. (author), Isabella, O. (author)Organic-inorganic metal halide perovskites have attracted a considerable interest in the photovoltaic scientific community demonstrating a rapid and unprecedented increase in conversion efficiency in the last decade. Besides the stunning progress in performance, the understanding of the physical mechanisms and limitations that govern perovskite...journal article 2022
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Wu, D. (author), Ha, Xuan Thao (author), Zhang, Yao (author), Ourak, Mouloud (author), Borghesan, Gianni (author), Niu, Kenan (author), Trauzettel, F. (author), Dankelman, J. (author), Menciassi, Arianna (author), Poorten, Emmanuel Vander (author)In cardiovascular interventions, when steering catheters and especially robotic catheters, great care should be paid to prevent applying too large forces on the vessel walls as this could dislodge calcifications, induce scars or even cause perforation. To address this challenge, this paper presents a novel compliant motion control algorithm...journal article 2022