The present work lists and explains the main considerations for the suspension design of a mini Baja off-road prototype, based on the modeling and multibody analysis of its vertical dynamics. The work includes both the ...

Scaffolds are implants used to accelerate the bone regeneration process of fractured bones. These components, developed in a research area called Bone Tissue Engineering, are designed to mimic human bone both in its ...

Metallic materials may fail due to several reasons and at different ways. In general, it is common to be verified overload (ductile or fragile) or fatigue. These failures always let evidences that can explain their natures ...

The manufacturing process, the machinability of a material, its mechanical properties and application purposes are recurrent subject of analysis. However, not always the machining parameters influences are taken into ...

The technological advancements and the search for more productivity and efficiency has been changing the industrial environment, including the adoption of solutions in robotic field. In this scenario the goal of this ...

This thesis is an initial attempt to investigate and design a prototype of an Autonomous Guided Vehicle (AGV) which could operate in indoor and outdoor applications. Currently, an AGV is designed to work in applications ...

Due to growing concerns about the environment, consumption of legal timber relies on so-called reforestation timber, whose origin is from planted trees for this specific need. In order to make this plantation more efficient ...