Mechanical Engineering — Entidade

engrxiv.org·há 3 dias

Hardware Capacity Enhancement and Thermal Performance Optimization of an MPPT Solar Charge Controller for Stand-Alone Photovoltaic Systems

The operational efficiency and service life of stand-alone solar photovoltaic (PV) systems are critically governed by the performance of the charge controller. However, conventional Maximum Power Poin

engrxiv.org·há 6 dias

When Water Keeps Flowing: A Low-Cost ESP32 System for Preventing Household Water Waste

This paper presents Each Drop Counts, a low-cost, ESP32-based domestic water-conservation prototype designed to allocate and safeguard a fixed water quota for each flat or household member, for exampl

engrxiv.org·há 6 dias

Physics-Constrained Learning for Reduced-Order Thermoacoustic Stability Screening: Locating Instability Boundaries from Few Evaluations

High-fidelity prediction of thermoacoustic instability in combustors — for example through reactive Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) — is accurate but expensive: each operating point can cost days to weeks

engineering.wisc.edu·há 7 dias

History-Made: Badger Solar Racing Qualifies for American Solar Challenge

Badger Solar Racing reached an exciting, new milestone at the 2026 Formula Sun Grand Prix. For the first time in club history, the team qualified for the American Solar Challenge...

engrxiv.org·há 9 dias

Sustainable Off-Road Machinery Design: Reducing Soil Damage through Terrain–Machine Interaction Modeling

Off-road machinery used in forestry, agriculture, land management, construction, and field logistics must operate across deformable, sloped, wet, rooted, and otherwise sensitive terrain. While such ma

engrxiv.org·há 9 dias

Digital Twin and Simulation-Based Design of Agricultural Processing Equipment

Agricultural processing equipment plays a critical role in transforming raw agricultural materials into usable industrial inputs. In cotton processing, grain handling, seed cleaning, fiber preparation

engineering.wisc.edu·há 10 dias

ME Faculty Mentor Students through Undergraduate Research Fellowships

Department of Mechanical Engineering faculty/research staff will mentor 5 undergraduate students in independent research projects through university supported fellowships this academic year. With topi

engrxiv.org·há 11 dias

The RopeComb: A Configurable Rope-and-Pulley Transmission for Impedance-Matched Mechanical Launch

Transferring kinetic energy from a slow, high-force source, such as a descending mass, a ram or a spring, to a fast, light payload requires a transmission whose mechanical advantage rises continuously