## Measurement Science and Technology - latest papers

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1. Carbon nanotube/glycerol embedded low cost flexible sensor for large deflection sensing of continuum manipulators
Large deflection sensing is highly crucial for proper positioning and control of continuum robots during robot assisted minimally invasive surgery (MIS). Existing techniques suffer from eletromagnetic noise susceptibility, harmful radiation exposure, limited range, bio-incompatibility and necessity of expensive instruments. In the present study, we propose a multi-walled carbon nanotubes/polyglycerol based low cost, flexible and biocompatible sensor which could allow safer, faster and accurate angular deflection measurement of continuum robots for biomedical applications. Experimental results demonstrate that the sensor is stretchable up to 100%, provides a gauge factor up to 11.65, have response time around 8 ms, durability of −0.14% for cyclic loading and unloading and show very small creep up to ##IMG## [http://ej.iop.org/images/0957-0233/33/4/045107/mstac46f0ieqn1.gif] {$\pm0.0008\ (\pm 2.88\%)$} . Furthermore, the sensor can measure continuum robot defl...
2. Fault diagnosis of a planetary gearbox based on a local bi-spectrum and a convolutional neural network
The transmission paths of vibration signals in the planetary gearboxes are complex. The signals have the characteristics of strong background noise, instability and non-Gaussian. Bi-spectrums can suppress Gaussian colored noise and are suitable for vibration signal processing of planetary gearboxes. In the traditional fault diagnosis methods based on bi-spectrums, the amplitudes of fault characteristic frequency, or the other further quantitative calculations values, are generally used as the basis of fault diagnosis processes. It has been found that bi-spectrum images can directly characterize the faults of the planetary gearboxes. Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have been used in mechanical fault diagnoses in recent years. One-dimensional original signals are converted into two-dimensional images as CNN input, which is an effective method for mechanical fault diagnoses. At the present time, there has not been any relevant research conducted using bi-spectral images as CNN...
3. Inversion method for measuring multi-hole probe surface pressure distribution of supersonic compressible atmospheric flow field
The conventional method of measuring a multi-hole probe is based on Bernoulli’s equation and suffers from certain model errors. A computational fluid dynamics-based method was used in this study to reduce the theoretical error and establish a parametric model of the surface pressure of a spherical multi-hole pressure probe for measuring compressible flow fields at supersonic velocities. A flow field inversion method based on the parametric model is proposed herein. Numerical simulations were conducted to validate the proposed method. The experiment results show that in the compressible atmospheric flow field within Mach 1.2–1.7, the measurement errors of the inversion method were 1.3% and 2.35% for velocity and angle, respectively, thus verifying the feasibility of the method. Thus, a new method of measuring multi-hole pressure probe atmospheric flow fields was demonstrated.
4. Development of coated heat flux gauges for fast responding measurements
Thermal systems often exhibit transient behaviors that have important implications for the operation of the system and can be difficult to predict. For these reasons, experimental testing is often required to ensure system durability requirements are achieved. One important parameter governing the survivability of components in hot, high-stress environments is the heat flux into the part that dictates the temperature distribution for the component. However, sensors required to experimentally characterize heat fluxes in extreme environments must also be resilient. This study presents the development of coated heat transfer gauges capable of robust, high-frequency measurements in turbine research facilities. The addition of a protective coating increases the durability of the gauge, but inherent of that coating is the attenuation of high-frequency temperature penetrations. As a result, this study first outlines the use of analytical solutions to define a gauge design for a specifi...
5. Special issue on metrology in manufacturing—Editorial
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