The mode shapes of piezoelectric metamaterials are tuned by manipulating spatially the electrical boundary conditions of the piezo-elements, in a desired and controlled manner, in order to tailor the wave propagation characteristics through these metamaterials.The boundary conditions of the piezo-elements are controlled by using inductive shunting
Abstract State of charge (SOC) estimation for lithium ion batteries plays a critical role in battery management systems for electric vehicles.Battery fractional order models (FOMs) which come from frequency-domain modelling have provided a distinct insight into SOC estimation.In this article, we compare five state-of-the-art FOMs in terms of SOC es
Based on field researches conducted in the exclusion zone of the Rolling Papers Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the years after the accident, the peculiarities are identified of formation of absorbed doses in animals of different taxonomic and ecological groups that live in conditions of radioactive contamination of ecosystems.It was shown importa
Over the course of the past decade, we have witnessed a huge expansion in robotic applications, most notably from well-defined industrial environments into considerably more complex environments.The obstacles that these environments often contain present robotics with a new challenge - to equip robots with a real-time capability of avoiding them.In