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    A Study on the Μwire-Edm of Ni55.8ti Shape Memory Superalloy: an Experimental Investigation and a Hybrid Ann/Pso Approach for Optimization
    (Springer Heidelberg, 2023) Seyedzavvar, Mirsadegh; Boga, Cem; Akar, Samet
    The unique properties of high hardness, toughness, strain hardening, and development of strain-induced martensite of nickel-titanium superalloys made the micro-wire electro discharge machining (mu wire-EDM) process one of the main practical options to cut such alloys in micro-scale. This paper presents the results of a comprehensive study to address the response variables of Ni55.8Ti superalloy in mu wire-EDM process, including the kerf width (KW), material removal rate (MRR), arithmetic mean surface roughness (R-a) and white layer thickness (WLT). To this aim, the effects of pulse on-time (T-on), pulse off-time (T-off), discharge current (I-d) and servo voltage (SV) as input parameters were investigated using the experiments conducted based on Taguchi L-27 orthogonal array. The results were employed in the analysis of variance (ANOVA) to examine the significance of input parameters and their interactions with the output variables. An optimization approach was adopted based on a hybrid neural network/particle swarm optimization (ANN/PSO) technique. The ANN was employed to achieve the models representing the correlation between the input parameters and output variables of the mu wire-EDM process. The weight and bias factor matrices were obtained by ANN in MATLAB and together with the feed forward/backpropagation model and developed functions based on PSO methodology were used to optimize the input parameters to achieve the minimum quantities of KW, R-a and WLT and the maximum value of MRR, individually and in an accumulative approach. The results represented a maximum accumulative error of nearly 8% that indicated the precision of the developed model and the reliability of the optimization approach. At the optimized level of input parameters obtained through the accumulative optimization approach, the KW, R-a, and WLT remained nearly intact as compared with the levels of responses obtained in the individual optimization approach, while there was a sacrifice in the machining efficiency and reduction in the MRR in the mu wire-EDM process of Nitinol superalloy.
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    Motion Control of a Spatial Elastic Manipulator in the Presence of Measurement Noises
    (Springer Heidelberg, 2021) Kilicaslan, Sinan; Ider, S. Kemal; Ozgoren, M. Kemal
    This paper presents a method for the end effector motion control of a spatial three-link robot having elastic second and third links including measurement noises. In the derivation of equations of motion, not to face with complex equations of motion, each link is modeled as though the links are not connected and the restrictions on the links due to connecting them by joints are written as constraint equations. After that the Lagrange multipliers are eliminated and the constraint equations at the acceleration level are substituted into the equations of motion to reduce the number of equations. To handle the non-minimum phase property, the equations of motion of the elastic manipulator are divided as the equations corresponding to a pseudostatic equilibrium and the equations of the deviations from them. Definition of the pseudostatic equilibrium used in this study can be given as a hypothetical state in which the end effector velocity and the end effector acceleration possess their reference values while the elastic deflections are instantly constant. The advantages of this control method are that the elastic deflections and the control inputs required for the pseudostatic equilibrium are obtained by an algebraic method and the feedback stabilization control inputs for the deviation equations are determined without linearizing the dynamic equations. The required measurements are obtained from the strain gauges on the links, the encoders placed on the joints and the position sensors attached to the end effector. For each sensor, a low pass filter is used. Simulations are made with low and high values of crossover frequencies to show the positive and negative effects of filtering on the responses of the system.
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    Analysis and Testing of a Contraction-And Micromixer for Micromilled Microfluidics
    (Springer Heidelberg, 2017) Yildirim, Ender
    In this paper, numerical analysis and experimental investigation of a micromixer, which was specifically designed for microfluidic devices fabricated by micromilling, is presented. The mixer is composed of series of contractions and expansions in zigzag arrangement along a mixing channel. Mixers, fabricated by micromilling on polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), were tested with %0.1 Ponceau 4R red food dye solution and distilled water. According to experiment results, over 70% mixing efficiency could be obtained for the flows with Reynolds number (Re) greater than 40. It was also numerically shown that by increasing the number of successive contractions and expansions, it could be possible to achieve over 80% mixing efficiency when Re = 55 for the species with diffusion coefficient of 5 x 10(-9) m(2)/s. Although the micromixer was specifically designed for micromilling, it is expected that the mixer can be useful in any microfluidic device fabricated by any other technique.
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    Electrostatic Energy Harvesting by Droplet-Based Multi-Phase Microfluidics
    (Springer Heidelberg, 2012) Kulah, Haluk; Yildirim, Ender
    This paper presents an energy scavenging technique, merging microfluidics with electrostatic energy harvesting. The method employs droplet-based microflow of two phases with different electrical permittivities, resulting in a capacitance change across the microchannel, to harvest electrical energy. The technique is implemented on 3 mm wide, 1 mm deep minichannels. It is shown that 0.4 nW can be harvested using a single electrode pair, with air and water as the two phases flowing at 1 ml/min. The generated power can be increased significantly by microscale implementation, where the number of electrodes can also be increased for further improvement.
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    Parametric Analysis of an Anti-Whiplash System Composed of a Seat Suspension Arrangement
    (Springer Heidelberg, 2015) Ider, Sitki Kemal; Gokler, Mustafa Ilhan; Ozdemir, Mustafa
    Neck injuries frequently seen in low-speed rear-end collisions are referred to as whiplash injuries. Most of the proposed anti-whiplash systems in the literature rely on reducing the backset. A relatively new and promising alternative concept is a slideable seat. This study aimed to parametrically analyze an anti-whiplash vehicle seat that can slide backward against a horizontal suspension arrangement composed of a spring and a damper in response to a rear-end collision, and to investigate the effects of the suspension parameters on the injury risk. A simplified model of a slideable vehicle seat is developed, and simulations are conducted in LS-DYNA (R) environment using this slideable seat model and the commercially available finite element model of the BioRID II dummy. The maximum value of the Neck Injury Criterion (NICmax) is used as the measure of the injury risk. As a result, a strong linear inverse correlation is observed between NICmax and the maximum seat sliding distance, while the stiffness and damping coefficients of the suspension are varied. This result is also verified by obtaining the same NICmax value for the same maximum seat sliding distance (although the stiffness and damping coefficients are different). It is also shown that, for a given backset value as large as 60 mm, a slideable seat with the suspension parameters selected to yield a reasonable maximum seat sliding distance such as 100 mm significantly improves NICmax compared to a standard seat. As the maximum seat sliding distance is increased, the injury risk becomes smaller.
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    Citation - WoS: 3
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    Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Comparability of Whiplash Sled Test Results
    (Springer Heidelberg, 2016) Ider, Sitki Kemal; Gokler, Mustafa Ilhan; Ozdemir, Mustafa
    Whiplash-associated neck injuries represent an important health and socioeconomic problem attracting more and more attention of the vehicle safety community. Sled tests are conducted for the dynamic whiplash assessment of seats. However, reproducibility of the initial backset distances and of the sled pulses in every test plays an important role on the comparability of these results. In this study, in order to investigate these aspects, three different driver seat types are considered with three identical and unused samples for each of them, and by strictly following the European New Car Assessment Program (Euro NCAP) whiplash protocol and using the BioRID II dummy, totally nine sled tests are performed. The sled pulses are in general reproduced quite well for different vehicle seats in these tests. However, it is seen that there are differences of up to 5 mm in the initial backset distances recorded for the identical seats of the same type, while this difference increases up to 7 mm among the different seat types considered. Moreover, taking into account the associated tolerances allowed in this protocol, this uncertainty in the backset can even increase up to 10 mm. Based on the previous simulation results obtained by using the finite element model of the BioRID II dummy, linear regression models are constructed, and it is shown that a 10-mm increase in the backset will yield an increase of 2.25, 2.89 and 3.11 m(2)/s(2) in the NICmax values for the low, medium and high severity Euro NCAP pulses, respectively. Being 38, 22 and 31 % of the differences between the associated Euro NCAP higher and lower performance limits, and 68, 96 and 124 % of the differences between the associated Euro NCAP lower performance and capping limits, such increases in the NICmax values are found to bring an unacceptably high uncertainty in the test results, and they can even easily lead to the application of capping, which means giving a zero score for the entire test. In light of these findings, several suggestions are recommended for a more solid whiplash dynamic assessment procedure.