The hidden physics of knot formation in fluids

Knots are everywhere—from tangled headphones to DNA strands packed inside viruses—but how an isolated filament can knot ...
IEEE

Adaptive Sliding Mode Control for Quadrotor UAVs Under Disturbances Using Multi-Layer Perceptron

Abstract: This paper introduces a novel adaptive sliding mode control (SMC) framework for quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) operating in the presence of external disturbances and parametric ...
IEEE

Higher Order Sliding-Mode Observers for State-of-Charge and State-of-Health Estimation of Lithium-Ion Batteries

Abstract: This paper proposes a new higher-order sliding mode-based approach to deal with the problem of online state of charge (SOC) and state of health (SOH) estimation for Lithium-ion batteries.
NBC News

Federal government to require car companies to use female crash test dummies

WASHINGTON — For the first time ever, American car companies will soon be required to test vehicle safety using dummies that are representative of women. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on ...