Well‐designed and well‐operated postharvest mechanical handling processes are vital if
fresh fruits are to enter markets with minimal damage. The susceptibility of fruit to quality loss …

This paper presents the design, optimization, fabrication, and characterization of a novel
accelerometer consisting of a graphene‐coated liquid metal proof mass integrated with laser …

Large wood (LW), delivered to the river channel in the course of commercial forest
harvesting, or generated during natural events, can be mobilised during floods. The …

A plethora of environmental sensing applications, including geomorphic, ecohydraulic and
turbulent flow processes, involve the monitoring of the stability of bed surface particles. This …

Autonomous and remotely operated underwater vehicles allow us to reach places which
have previously been inaccessible and perform complex repair, exploration and analysis …

Lightweight design is often associated with the application of lightweight materials, but that
is only part of the story. In fact, if one would reduce the one to the other, the most probable …

Numerical simulations of the transient, dynamical behaviour of MEMS microphones
enlighten the mechanisms leading to possible failure during guided free fall tests. In …

Failures on MEMS microphones placed on dummy smartphone are observed during a
guided free fall test. The instants before and after the first impact are registered with a high …

The current paper focuses on the impact phenomenon analysis, in the case of multi-body
mechanical systems undergoing fast motion, due to the presence of some manufacturing …

High-speed imaging equipment can be an expensive investment, especially when certain
applications require custom solutions. In this paper, we present a low-cost high-speed …