The microvalve is one of the most important components in microfluidics. With decades of
development, the microvalve has been widely used in many industries such as life science …

As the largest organ in the human body, the skin provides the important sensory channel for
humans to receive external stimulations based on touch. By the information perceived …

The mass concrete structures play a very important role in civil engineering. The cracking of
concrete is regarded as one of the biggest engineering problems. Therefore, it is very …

Pelletization of the loose rice straw is an attractive option to produce renewable fuels. In this
paper, we focus on the problem of how to improve this pelletization process, especially …

This paper presents a pressure control system designed for MEMS (Micro-Electro-
Mechanical System) devices working in vacuum conditions, especially for a currently …

Hydraulic fracture can often cause serious disasters, of which the hydraulic fracturing of a
single crack is one of the common styles. In the paper, the damage mechanics of the …

The aim was to determine the impact of membrane properties and operating conditions
upon predicted performance of osmotically driven actuators. An actuator fitted with a forward …

Vibrational energy harvesters capture mechanical energy from ambient vibrations and
convert the mechanical energy into electrical energy to power wireless electronic systems …

In this paper, we analysed the transmission rules of interparticle forces between granular
particles, based on which, we then proposed a discrete packing model to calculate the static …

Genetic programming has been widely used in the engineering field. Compared with the
conventional genetic programming and artificial neural network, geometric semantic genetic …