Mechanical Engineering / Makina Mühendisliği
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Conference Object Citation - WoS: 2Citation - Scopus: 2Function Generation Synthesis of Planar Slider-Crank Linkages for Given 3 Positions and a Dead-Center Position(Springer Verlag, 2020) Kiper, Gokhan; Gorgulu, Ibrahimcan; Kucukoglu, Sefa FurkanFunction generation for finitely many positions and dead-center design problems are generally separately handled in the literature. This paper presents a mixed formulation for planar slider-crank linkages where three precision points and a folded or extended dead-center position are to be satisfied. The formulation results in an 8th degree univariate. Examples show that generally there are four real solutions, only two of which result in distinct solutions.Article Citation - WoS: 47Citation - Scopus: 46Surface Charge-Dependent Transport of Water in Graphene Nano-Channels(Springer Verlag, 2018) Çelebi, Alper Tunga; Barışık, Murat; Beşkök, AliDeionized water flow through positively charged graphene nano-channels is investigated using molecular dynamics simulations as a function of the surface charge density. Due to the net electric charge, Ewald summation algorithm cannot be used for modeling long-range Coulomb interactions. Instead, the cutoff distance used for Coulomb forces is systematically increased until the density distribution and orientation of water atoms converged to a unified profile. Liquid density near the walls increases with increased surface charge density, and the water molecules reorient their dipoles with oxygen atoms facing the positively charged surfaces. This effect weakens away from the charged surfaces. Force-driven water flows in graphene nano-channels exhibit slip lengths over 60 nm, which result in plug-like velocity profiles in sufficiently small nano-channels. With increased surface charge density, the slip length decreases and the apparent viscosity of water increases, leading to parabolic velocity profiles and decreased flow rates. Results of this study are relevant for water desalination applications, where optimization of the surface charge for ion removal with maximum flow rate is desired.Article Citation - WoS: 35Citation - Scopus: 39Development of Graphene Nanoplatelet-Reinforced Az91 Magnesium Alloy by Solidification Processing(Springer Verlag, 2018) Kandemir, SinanIt is a challenging task to effectively incorporate graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) which have recently emerged as potential reinforcement for strengthening metals into magnesium-based matrices by conventional solidification processes due to their large surface areas and poor wettability. A solidification processing which combines mechanical stirring and ultrasonic dispersion of reinforcements in liquid matrix was employed to develop AZ91 magnesium alloy matrix composites reinforced with 0.25 and 0.5 wt.% GNPs. The microstructural studies conducted with scanning and transmission electron microscopes revealed that fairly uniform distribution and dispersion of GNPs through the matrix were achieved due to effective combination of mechanical and ultrasonic stirring. The GNPs embedded into the magnesium matrix led to significant enhancement in the hardness, tensile strength and ductility of the composites compared to those of unreinforced AZ91 alloy. The strength enhancement was predominantly attributed to the grain refinement by the GNP addition and dislocation generation strengthening due to the coefficient of thermal expansion mismatch between the matrix and reinforcement. The improved ductility was attributed to the refinement of β eutectics by transforming from lamellar to the divorced eutectics due to the GNP additions. In addition, the strengthening efficiency of the composite with 0.25 wt.% GNP was found to be higher than those of the composite with 0.5 wt.% GNP as the agglomeration tendency of GNPs is increased with increasing GNP content. These results were compared with those of the GNP-reinforced magnesium composites reported in the literature, indicating the potential of the process introduced in this study in terms of fabricating light and high-performance metal matrix composites.Conference Object Citation - Scopus: 1Structural Compliance Effects on the Accuracy and Safety of a R-Cube Haptic Device(Springer Verlag, 2019) Carbone, Giuseppe; Acinapura, Antonio; Mundo, Domenico; Görgülü, İbrahimcan; Dede, Mehmet İsmet CanThis paper addresses the contribution of structural compliance on stiffness and safety of a R-CUBE Haptic Device. Structural compliance is determined in several poses via FEM analysis and addressed by referring to local and global indices of performance. Results are also compared with evidences from experimental tests. Comparison of numerical and experimental data allows to identify and separate the contributions to the overall compliance that are due to the structural stiffness, and other contributions such as joint clearance, pose and loading conditions.Conference Object Low-Power and Low-Cost Stiffness-Variable Oesophageal Tissue Phantom(Springer Verlag, 2017) Thorn, Alexander; Afacan, Dorukhan; Ingham, Emily; Kavak, Can; Miyashita, Shuhei; Damian, Dana D.Biological tissues are complex structures with changing mechanical properties depending on physiological or pathological factors. Thus they are extendible under normal conditions or stiff if they are subject to an inflammatory reaction. We design and fabricate a low-power and low-cost stiffness-variable tissue phantom (SVTP) that can extend up to 250% and contract up to 5.4% at 5 V (1.4 W), mimicking properties of biological tissues. We investigated the mechanical characteristics of SVTP in simulation and experiment. We also demonstrate its potential by building an oesophagus phantom for testing appropriate force controls in a robotic implant that is meant to manipulate biological oesophageal tissues with changing stiffness in vivo. The entire platform permits efficient testing of robotic implants in the context of anomalies such as long gap esophageal atresia, and could potentially serve as a replacement for live animal tissues.Conference Object Citation - Scopus: 2A Critical Review of Unpowered Performance Metrics of Impedance-Type Haptic Devices(Springer Verlag, 2019) Görgülü, İbrahimcan; Kiper, Gökhan; Dede, Mehmet İsmet CanA kinesthetic haptic device’s performance relies on unpowered, powered and controlled system characteristics. In this paper, a critical review is carried out for the well-known metrics for kinematics, stiffness and dynamic aspects of robots that can be applied in evaluating the unpowered system performance of kinesthetic haptic devices. The physical meanings of these metrics are discussed and the important factors that affect the unpowered system performance of a kinesthetic haptic device are revealed.Conference Object Citation - WoS: 1Citation - Scopus: 2Synthesis of Scalable Planar Scissor Linkages With Anti-Parallelogram Loops(Springer Verlag, 2019) Gür, Şebnem; Karagöz, Cevahir; Kiper, Gökhan; Korkmaz, KorayScissor linkages are commonly used as mechanisms for scaling objects. They constitute a significant portion of deployable structures. Since 1960s many researchers sought to form novel structures using the scissor units. In 1990s Hoberman brought a new perspective to the field when he used the loops, not the units to form linkages. Starting from mid 2000s, other researchers joined into this new approach of design. One of the latest researches presented a design for scaling a circular forms with anti-parallelogram loops. This study shows that an anti-parallelogram loop assembly can also be used for scaling planar curves with variable curvature.Conference Object Citation - WoS: 6Citation - Scopus: 3A Geometrical Approach for the Singularity Analysis of a 3-Rrs Parallel Manipulator(Springer Verlag, 2018) Tetik, Halil; Kiper, GökhanIdentifying singularity manifolds of parallel manipulators analytically is a hard task due to their complex kinematics and passive joints. This study proposes to use the geometrical conditions of singularities in order to identify the singularity manifolds for a 3-RRS parallel manipulator. The singularity surfaces for both inverse and forward kinematics singularities are obtained and plotted.Article Citation - WoS: 2Citation - Scopus: 2Determination of Solid/Liquid Fraction of Three Aluminium Binary Alloys Using a New Single-Pan Scanning Calorimete(Springer Verlag, 2017) Savaş, Sinan; Dong, HongbiaoThere is an increased demand for data with higher precision for the enthalpy changes and the fraction of solid/liquid temperatures of materials. Therefore, continuous efforts are often devoted to design calorimeters that can accurately measure materials’ thermophysical properties. In this study, a new single-pan scanning calorimeter was used to measure the transition temperature and enthalpy change of three aluminium binary alloys. Measured results also were compared with the calculated results using thermodynamic software. The measured high accuracy enthalpy data were used to determine transient temperature. It is concluded that the new instrument is a promising device that can achieve reliable and reproducible materials’ thermophysical data.Article Citation - WoS: 33Citation - Scopus: 39Molecular Free Paths in Nanoscale Gas Flows(Springer Verlag, 2015) Barışık, Murat; Beşkök, AliAverage distance traveled by gas molecules between intermolecular collisions, known as the mean free path (MFP), is a key parameter for characterizing gas flows in the entire Knudsen regime. Recent literature presents variations in MFP as a function of the surface confinement, which is in disagreement with the kinetic theory and leads to wrong physical interpretations of nanoscale gas flows. This controversy occurs due to erroneous definition and calculation practices, such as consideration of gas wall collisions, using local bins smaller than a MFP, and utilizing time frames shorter than a mean collision time in the MFP calculations. This study reports proper molecular MFP calculations in nanoscale confinements by using realistic molecular surfaces. We utilize molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to calculate gas MFP in three-dimensional periodic systems of various sizes and for force-driven gas flows confined in nano-channels. Studies performed in the transition flow regime in various size nano-channels and under a range of gas–surface interaction strengths have shown isotropic mean travelled distance and MFP values in agreement with the kinetic theory regardless of the surface forces and surface adsorption effects. Comparison of the velocity profiles obtained in MD simulations with the linearized Boltzmann solutions at predicted Knudsen values shows good agreement in the bulk of the channels, while deviations in the near wall region due to the influence of surface forces are reported.