Traditional design approaches in civil engineering mainly focus on codes/guidelines related to building an infrastructure, while performance-based analysis (PBA), an emerging new reality around the world, focuses on the performance of the end product.Professional organizations, academicians, and the industry have made significant contributions in f
Improved Transient Performance of a Fuzzy Modified Model Reference Adaptive Controller for an Interacting Coupled Tank System Using Real-Coded Genetic Algorithm
The main objective of the paper is to design a model reference adaptive controller (MRAC) with improved transient performance.A modification to the standard direct MRAC called fuzzy modified MRAC (FMRAC) is used in the paper.The FMRAC uses a proportional control based Mamdani-type fuzzy logic controller (MFLC) to improve the transient performance f
Smart Materials for Sensing and Actuation: State-of-the-Art and Prospects
This research paper provides a comprehensive review of the current state-of-the-art and prospects of smart materials for sensing and actuation applications.Smart materials, with their unique ability to respond to external stimuli, have been the subject of extensive research and development in recent years.The paper begins by discussing the various
An MRI-based method to register patient-specific wall shear stress data to histology.
Wall shear stress (WSS), the frictional force exerted on endothelial cells by blood flow, is hypothesised to influence atherosclerotic plaque growth and flex 4 heartworm test composition.We developed a methodology for image registration of MR and histology images of advanced human carotid plaques and corresponding WSS data, obtained by MRI and comp