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    Determination of Interfacial Heat Transfer Coefficient for a Mixed Convection Heat Transfer in a Vertical Channel Filled With Uniformly Heated Blocks
    (Begell House Inc., 2015) Çelik, Hasan; Mobedi, Moghtada; Manca,O.; Buonomo,B.
    The interfacial convective heat transfer coefficient of a periodic porous medium under mixed convection heat transfer is determined computationally by using volume averaging method. The porous medium consists of square blocks in inline arrangement. The continuity, momentum and energy equations are solved in dimensionless form for a representative elementary volume of porous medium and the velocity and temperature fields for different values of Richardson and Reynolds numbers are obtained. Based on the obtained results, the interfacial convective heat transfer coefficient is calculated by using volume average method. The temperature of the solid phase is considered uniform and different than the inlet temperature. A detailed discussion on the effect of the governing dimensionless parameters (i.e. Reynolds, Richardson numbers, and porosity) on the local and average interfacial Nusselt number is done. It is concluded that the local interfacial convective heat transfer coefficient increases with Reynolds number, however the rate of increase depends on Richardson number and porosity. The study is performed for two values of porosity of 0.51 and 0.94. © 2021, Begell House Inc. All rights reserved.
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    Kinematic Design of a Novel Finger Exoskeleton Mechanism for Rehabilitation Exercises
    (Springer international Publishing Ag, 2024) Kiper, Gokhan; Inanc, Emirhan
    The paper presents the kinematic design of a novel low-cost two degree-of-freedom finger exoskeleton mechanism to be used for rehabilitation exercises for post-stroke or injured patients. The first degree-of freedom is for the flexion/extension of metacarpophalangeal joint and is achieved via a planar 4-bar loop. The second degree-of-freedom is for the simultaneous flexion/extension of distal/proximal interphalangeal joints and is achieved via an over-constrained double-spherical 6-bar linkage, where 3 of the links are the phalanges of the finger and 2 of the joints are finger joints themselves. So, the number of extra links are less compared to other designs in the literature. The motion of an index finger is recorded via image processing. The four-bar mechanism part is designed for optimum transmission angle characteristics. The formulation and application of the kinematic synthesis of the 6-bar linkage is presented. The design is verified via a prototype.