This chapter describes the state-of-the-art techniques for constructing photo-realistic three dimensional models of physical objects using range and intensity images. In general, construction of such models entails four steps: First, a range sensor must be used to acquire the geometric shape of the exterior of the object. Objects of complex shape may require a large number of range images viewe...

The purpose of this research work was to investigate the optimum operating conditions for biodiesel production from castor oil using a microwave. The Box–Behnken design of experiment was carried out using the Design Expert 7. A response surface methodology (RSM) was used to analyze the influence of the process variables (molar ratio of methanol to castor oil, catalyst concentration, reaction ti...

|A novel continuous control system is proposed which guarantees robust tracking in nite time for uncertain robot arms subject to unknown dynamic friction. To achive this result, several novel algorithms were combined: a.a dynamic adaptive sliding mode control; b.a time base generator to yield a time-varing gain, which allows to obtain nite time convergence; c.continuous parametrization to compe...

A dynamic profiler is presented that is capable of precision measurement of surface roughness in the presence of significant vibration or motion. Utilizing a special CCD camera incorporating a micro-polarizer array and a proprietary LED source, quantitative measurements were obtained with exposure times of <100 μsec. The polarization-based interferometer utilizes an adjustable input polarizatio...

Faraday Discussion 121, organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry, Faraday Division, was held at the Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-PlanckGesellschaft, Berlin, Germany, from 15th to 17th April 2002. This event attracted 107 prominent electrochemists or surface scientists from research centres or universities from 17 countries. Less than five representatives from industry attended. Faraday Discu...

The subject of this paper is the application of the Gaussian beam method to the propagation of surface waves on a laterally heterogeneous, spherical earth taking fully into account the curvature of the Earth’s surface. This is achieved by constructing a ray centred coordinate system on general curved surfaces. The application of this method to a spherical shell leads to a ray centred coordinate...

in order to evaluate the effect of cover crops and mulch management on yield and yield components of safflower (carthamus tinctorius l.), a study was conducted as split-plot based on a complete randomized block design with four replications during 2008-2009. the mulch managements as main factor were consisted of three levels including incorporation of cover crops with soil, harvesting + removin...