Although “film thickness” and “viscosity” represent two of the most important physical
parameters in lubricated tribological contacts, their in situ measurement in tribosystems is …

This paper presents a novel engineering strategy for the design of Dielectric Elastomer (DE)
based actuators, capable of attaining complex electrically induced shape morphing …

The resonant characteristics of a mechanical resonator immersed in liquid provide valuable
parameters for density and viscosity sensing. In particular, the combination of …

A technique is proposed for determining the material distribution of a structure to obtain
desired eigenmode shapes for problems of maximizing the fundamental eigenfrequency …

The traditional procedure followed by winemakers for monitoring grape must fermentation is
not automated, has not enough accuracy or has only been tested in discrete must samples …

In this work the electrical performance of micromachined piezoelectric cantilevers having
different designs is investigated in liquid environment, thus making most beneficially use of …

This paper presents a novel in-silico framework for the design of flexoelectric energy
harvesters at finite strains using topology optimisation. The main ingredients of this work can …

The dynamic properties and behaviors of microplate resonators have been experimentally
shown to be size dependent. The thermoelastic damping plays an important role on the …

This paper presents a novel in-silico tool for the design of complex multilayer Dielectric
Elastomers (DEs) characterised by recently introduced layer-by-layer reconfigurable …

This paper reports theoretical analysis and experimental results on a numerical electrode
shaping design technique that permits the excitation of arbitrary modes in arbitrary …