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Analysis of Rollover Shape and Energy Storage and Return in Cantilever Beam-Type Prosthetic Feet
(ASME International, 2014-08)This paper presents an analysis of the rollover shape and energy storage and return in a prosthetic foot made from a compliant cantilevered beam. The rollover shape of a prosthetic foot is defined as the path of the center ... -
Architecture and System Analysis of Microgrids with Peer-to-Peer Electricity Sharing to Create a Marketplace which Enables Energy Access
(2015-06)More than 1.3 billion people in the world lack access to electricity and this energy poverty is a major barrier to human development. This paper describes a new concept of peer-to-peer electricity sharing which creates a ... -
Delivering a low-cost, reliable drip irrigation filtration system for micro-irrigation in developing countries
(ASME International, 2014-08)The cylindrical filters presently used in drip irrigation systems frequently clog, increasing pressure loss and lowering the flow rate through the filters. This work investigates alternative filtration strategies that ... -
Development of a Design Tool for Flow Rate Optimization in the Tata Swach Water Filter
(ASME International, 2014-08)When developing a first-generation product, an iterative approach often yields the shortest time-to-market. In order to optimize its performance, however, a fundamental understanding of the theory governing its operation ... -
The Effects of Prosthesis Inertial Properties on Prosthetic Knee Moment and Hip Energetics Required to Achieve Able-bodied Kinematics
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2015-07)There is a major need in the developing world for a low-cost prosthetic knee that enables users to walk with able-bodied kinematics and low energy expenditure. To efficiently design such a knee, the relationship between ... -
Effects of Prosthesis Mass on Hip Energetics, Prosthetic Knee Torque, and Prosthetic Knee Stiffness and Damping Parameters Required for Transfemoral Amputees to Walk With Normative Kinematics
(ASME International, 2014-08)We quantify how the hip energetics and knee torque required for an above-knee prosthesis user to walk with the kinematics of able-bodied humans vary with the inertial properties of the prosthesis. We also select and optimize ... -
Method for Turbocharging Single Cylinder Four Stroke Engines
(ASME International, 2014-08)This paper presents a feasibility study of a method for turbocharging single cylinder, four-stroke internal combustion engines. Turbocharging is not conventionally used with single cylinder engines because of the timing ... -
National rural drinking water monitoring: progress and challenges with India's IMIS database
(IWA Publishing, 2016-02)National drinking water programs seek to address monitoring challenges that include self-reporting, data sampling, data consistency and quality, and sufficient frequency to assess the sustainability of water systems. India ... -
Skin perfusion photography
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2014-05)The separation of global and direct light components of a scene is highly useful for scene analysis, as each component offers different information about illumination-scene-detector interactions. Relying on ray optics, the ...