Vehicle cybersecurity vulnerabilities could impact a vehicle's safe operation. Therefore, engineers should ensure that systems are designed free of unreasonable risks to motor vehicle safety, including those that may result due to existence of potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities. The automotive industry is making vehicle cybersecurity an organizational priority.
Abstract: Hydraulic systems in aircrafts largely comprise of metallic components with high strength to weight ratios which comprise of 2024 Aluminum and Titanium Ti-6AL-4V. The selection of material is based on low and high pressure applications respectively. For aircraft fluid conveyance products, hydraulic conduits are fabricated by axisymmetric turning to support flow conditions. The hydraulic conduits further carries groves within for placement of elastomeric sealing components. This article presents a systematic study carried out on common loads experienced by fluid carrying conduits and the failure modes induced. The critical failure locations on fluid carrying conduits of 2024-T351 Aluminum was identified, and the Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) analysis was carried out to identify the characteristic footprints of failure surfaces and crack initiation. Through this analysis, a load to failure mode correlation is established.
A novel method for Single Event Effect (SEE) Radiation Testing using Built-In Self-Test (BIST) feature of indigenously developed Vikram1601 processor is discussed. The novelty is that the usage of BIST avoids need of exhaustive test vectors to ensure test coverage of all the internal registers and physical memory to store them. So processor is the only element vulnerable to radiation damage during testing. The test design was carried out at VSSC, Trivandrum and the testing was carried out at IUAC, Delhi. In the first part, a brief introduction, need and methods of radiation testing of electronics especially SEE of radiation on Silicon based devices, different radiation effects, radiation damage mechanisms and testing methods are described. A brief introduction to Vikram1601 processor, the instruction – TST, used as BIST and testing scheme implementation using TST for studying the SEE is explained.
RAMBHA-LP (Radio Anatomy of Moon Bound Hypersensitive Ionosphere and Atmosphere - Langmuir Probe) is one of the key scientific payloads onboard the Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) Chandrayaan-3 mission. Its objectives were to estimate the plasma density and its variations on the near lunar surface. The probe was initially kept in a stowed condition attached to the lander. A mechanism was designed and realized to meet the functional requirement of deploying the probe at a distance of 1 meter, equivalent to the Debye length of the probe in the moon’s plasma environment. The probe deployment mechanism consists of the Titanium alloy spherical probe with a Titanium Nitride coating on its surface to achieve a constant work function, a long carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer boom, a double torsion spring, a dust-protection box, and a shape-memory alloy-based Frangibolt actuator for low-shock separation. The entire mechanism weighed less than 1.5 kilograms.
This work puts forward an original autonomous planning and control framework addressing inherent modeling complexity limit through efficient heterosis between latency-connective graph estimation and generative exploration with an aim to enhance trajectory quality and resiliency in unpredicted conditions. The holistic approach encompasses state and cost prediction facilitated via morphable signature mechanism utilizing anti-cloak characteristics derived from environmental graph. In principle, a dynamic graph neural network is proposed with regards to adaptively capture essential influence caused by interactive agents and reciprocal belief augmentation. Moreover, high efficiency exploration is concerted with signature-enhanced prediction system for non-ideal perception conditions. The exploration scheme takes advantage of confidence optimization function to generate trajectory refinement over non-conventional operating circumstances.
Polyurethane foams (PUF) are a class of cellular polymers with a large range of applications. It is possible to control some properties of PUF by adjusting some chemicals, aiming to reach the best performance with lower cost, weight and process easiest. On the same way, graphene and its derivatives may be used for the modification of PUF, aiming to improve many properties. Depending on the dispersion technique, increases in mechanical, dynamical mechanical, thermal and acoustical properties may be reached, even when a low content of the nanomaterial is employed. This brief review presents some techniques used for the dispersion and incorporation of graphene and its derivatives into PUF, focusing on the enhancement of acoustical applications. Some techniques such as mechanical stirring, sonication and layer-by-layer are presented. It was observed that depending on the techniques, a real and significant difference was observed in some properties, mainly in acoustical
Leaf Springs are commonly used as a suspension in heavy commercial vehicle for higher load carrying capacity. The leaf springs connects the vehicle body with road profile through axle & tire assembly. It provides the relative motion between the vehicle body and road profile for improving the ride & handling performance. The leaf springs are designed to provide the linear stiffness and uniform strength characteristics throughout its travel. Leaf springs are generally subjected to dynamic loads which are induced due to different loads & driving patterns. Leaf spring design should be robust as any failure in leaf springs will put vehicle safety at risk and cost the vehicle manufacturer reputation. The design of a leaf spring based on the conventional methods predicts the higher stress levels at the leaf spring center clamp location and stress levels gradually reduce from the center to free ends of the leaf spring.