Eleventh Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flows. Volume 2, Sessions 11-22, Poster Session 2
Eleventh Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flows. Volume 2, Sessions 11-22, Poster Session 2

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Published: 1997

Total Pages: 494

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These proceedings contain the papers presented at the Eleventh Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flows held at the Institut National Polytechnique and the Universite' Joseph Fourier of Grenoble, France, September 8-10,1997. The purpose of these biennial international symposia is to provide a forum for presentation and discussion of new developments in the field of turbulence, especially as related to shear flows of importance in engineering and geophysics.

Bioinspired Sensing, Actuation, and Control in Underwater Soft Robotic Systems
Bioinspired Sensing, Actuation, and Control in Underwater Soft Robotic Systems

Author: Derek A. Paley

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-11-06

Total Pages: 301

ISBN-13: 303050476X

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This book includes representative research from the state‐of‐the‐art in the emerging field of soft robotics, with a special focus on bioinspired soft robotics for underwater applications. Topics include novel materials, sensors, actuators, and system design for distributed estimation and control of soft robotic appendages inspired by the octopus and seastar. It summarizes the latest findings in an emerging field of bioinspired soft robotics for the underwater domain, primarily drawing from (but not limited to) an ongoing research program in bioinspired autonomous systems sponsored by the Office of Naval Research. The program has stimulated cross‐disciplinary research in biology, material science, computational mechanics, and systems and control for the purpose of creating novel robotic appendages for maritime applications. The book collects recent results in this area.

Bubbly Flows
Bubbly Flows

Author: Martin Sommerfeld

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 3642185401

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The book summarises the outcom of a priority research programme: 'Analysis, Modelling and Computation of Multiphase Flows'. The results of 24 individual research projects are presented. The main objective of the research programme was to provide a better understanding of the physical basis for multiphase gas-liquid flows as they are found in numerous chemical and biochemical reactors. The research comprises steady and unsteady multiphase flows in three frequently found reactor configurations, namely bubble columns without interiors, airlift loop reactors, and aerated stirred vessels. For this purpose new and improved measurement techniques were developed. From the resulting knowledge and data, new and refined models for describing the underlying physical processes were developed, which were used for the establishment and improvement of analytic as well as numerical methods for predicting multiphase reactors. Thereby, the development, lay-out and scale-up of such processes should be possible on a more reliable basis.