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Aeroelastic vibration control of hybrid airships using Regenerative Actuators
Patel, Vatsalkumar; Khoshnoud, Farbod; Pissanidis, Georgios; Montalvão, Diogo; Chen, Yong (2013-07)In this paper, an experiment is performed to investigate aeroelastic vibration control of a wing using regenerative piezoelectric actuators. Instead of the wing a plate with one pair of the piezoelectric actuator is used ... -
Analysis and Design of a Nano-electromechanical Vibration Sensor
Khoshnoud, Farbod; de Silva, Clarence; Owhadi, Houman (2010) -
Chapter 5 - Introduction to Sensors and Signal Processing
Montalvao, Diogo (CRC Press, 2015-12)This chapter presents the fundamentals on sensors and signal processing, with emphasizes on Mechatronics and applications. Sensors are used to measure signals that present changes in the time domain, e.g. waveforms or ... -
Energy Harvesting From Ambient Vibration For Remote Vibration Monitoring With A Self-powered Nanotube Based Sensor
Khoshnoud, Farbod; de Silva, Clarence W.; Owhadi, Houman; Ventura, Carlos E. (2011)Harvesting energy from ambient vibration in the context of supplying power to a sensor for remote vibration monitoring is presented in this paper. The sensor is powered by the same vibration that is being measured. A ... -
Energy harvesting from suspension system using regenerative force actuators
Khoshnoud, Farbod; Sundar, D. B.; Badi, Mohamed; Chen, Yong; Calay, Rajnish; De Silva, C.W. (2013)In this paper harvesting vibration energy from suspension is investigated. Theoretical values for the harvested energy are calculated. Experimental evaluation of the energy is performed using vehicle road simulation ... -
Energy regeneration from suspension dynamic modes and self-powered actuation
Khoshnoud, Farbod; Yuchi Zhang, Yuchi; Ray Shimura, Ray; Amir Shahba, Amir; Guangming Jin, Guangming; Pissanidis, Georgios; Chen, Yong; De Silva, Clarence W. (2015-10-31)This paper concerns energy harvesting from vehicle suspension systems. The generated power associated with bounce, pitch and roll modes of vehicle dynamics is determined through analysis. The potential values of power ... -
An integrated Solar-Fuel Cell Powered System for Airships
Khoshnoud, Farbod; Chen, Yong; Calay, Rajnish (2012-06)Development of a general model of power, propulsion and control of a novel airship is discussed in this paper. The airship design is based on the concept of the Multibody Advanced Airship for Transport (MAAT). The energy ... -
Modal Analysis of Systems Using a Neuro-fuzzy Approach
Khoshnoud, Farbod; de Silva, Clarence (2010) -
Modal description of vibratory behaviour of structures using fuzzy membership functions
Esat, I.I.; Khoshnoud, Farbod; Khoshnoud, Farhoud (2004-12-01)A method is developed to model vibratory systems in terms of their modal shapes estimated by fuzzy membership functions and updated by use of frequency response functions. In this method, fuzzy output membership functions ... -
Multi-scale Design Of An Actuator With Thermal-mechanical Energy Conversion And Coupling
Khoshnoud, Farbod (2011)Design of a multi-scale actuator which employs Casimir effect at nano/micro scale in order to provide actuation at meso/macro scale is addressed in this paper. Application of quantum effects at nano scale is beneficial at ... -
Multi-scale Non-equilibrium Molecular Dynamics Formulation For Casimir Energy
Khoshnoud, Farbod; de Silva, Clarence W.; Owhadi, Houman; Li, Shaofan (2011)Formulation of the Casimir effect using multi-scale nonequilibrium molecular dynamics (MS-NEMD) is addressed in this paper. Except in the case of parallel plates, simulation of the Casimir effect is a challenging task. ... -
On Power and Control Systems of the Multibody Advanced Airship for Transport
Khoshnoud, Farbod; Chen, Yong; Calay, Rajnish (2013)The concept of the Multibody Advanced Airship for Transport (MAAT) is presented. The power, propulsion and control systems of the airship are discussed. The energy required for operation of this airship is supplied by a ... -
Recent Advances in MEMS Sensor Technology : Thermo-fluid and Electro-magnetic Devices
Khoshnoud, Farbod; de Silva, Clarence W. (2012-06)This is the final part of a three-part series on micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) sensor technology. In the first part, a general introduction to MEMS sensing was given including the underlying principles [1]. ... -
Self-Powered Dynamic Systems
Khoshnoud, Farbod; Dell, David; de Silva, Clarence W.; Chen, Yong; Owhadi, Houman; Calay, Rajnish (2013-07)This article concerns the concept of energy harvesting associated with dynamic systems. The particular area of work is the concept of fully or partially self-powered dynamic systems requiring zero or reduced external energy ... -
Stochastic Simulation of a Casimir Oscillator
Khoshnoud, Farbod; de Silva, Clarence; Owhadi, Houman (2010) -
Stochastic simulation of energy extraction with an optically controlled nano-electromechanical engine
Khoshnoud, Farbod; De Silva, C.W.; Owhadi, H. (2011-01-01)Stochastic simulation of a nano-electromechanical energy transducer is presented in this paper. This system acts like an engine with four transformations in each engine cycle that converts potential energy due to quantum ... -
Structural vibration modeling using a neuro-fuzzy approach
Sadeghi, A.; Esat, I.I.; Ventura, C.E.; De Silva, C.W.; Khoshnoud, Farbod (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2006-01-01)A novel vibration modelling method based on fuzzy sets is presented in this paper. In this method, firstly the mode shapes of a structure are guessed using experience or the rules that are developed in this research. The ...