A Sliding-Block Type Cutting Test Apparatus

Asynchronous sliding block maps

We deene a notion of asynchronous sliding block map that can be realized by transducers labeled in A B. We show that, under some conditions, it is possible to synchronize this transducer by state splitting, in order to get a transducer which deenes the same sliding block map and which is labeled in A B k , where k is a constant integer. In the case of a transducer with a strongly connected grap...

A Sliding Observer for Closed-circuit Underwater Breathing Apparatus

In this paper the estimation problem of the metabolic consumption rate in an underwater breathing apparatus is addressed. A sliding mode observer designed on a nonlinear model of the rebreather system is proposed. The design is based on Lyapunov techniques and a convergence analysis of the estimation error has been carried on. The effectiveness of the sliding observer has been validated through...

Complexity and sliding-block decodability

A constrained system, or sofic system, S is the set of symbol strings generated by the finite-length paths through a finite labeled, directed graph. Karabed and Marcus, extending the work of Adler, Coppersmith, and Hassner, used the technique of state-splitting to prove the existence of a noncatastrophic, rate p : q finite-state encoder from binary data into S for any input word length p and co...

Experimental and Computational Study on Hydrodynamic of a Downscaled Mini Vessel USP Dissolution Test Apparatus II

Although not listed on the United States Pharmacopeia (USP), like standard USP 2, small volume USP 2 dissolution apparatus has gained a great deal of attention, especially for cases where small amount of drug product is available for testing in research and design step or evaluations are to be made on a tablet containing trace amounts of the active pharmaceutical ingredient. In this work, first...

Rayleigh Test Apparatus Design Report