IIT Madras researchers develop strategies to improve braking performance of electric and hybrid vehicles
IIT Madras is building strategies to focus on improving stopping distance, ride comfort for passengers in heavy road vehicles along with meeting desired brake demand, paving the way for smooth ride comfort
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UPDATED: February 8, 2021 22:11 IST
Indian Institute of Technology Madras Researchers develop strategies to improve the braking performance of electrified vehicles (Electric and Hybrid vehicles). This research could help implement a braking system in Electrified Vehicles, which can improve the stopping distance and ride comfort in the presence of regenerative braking.
Although such strategies have been developed for lighter road vehicles, there is a lack of strategies through which the braking performance of heavy commercial road vehicles (such as buses and trucks) can be improved through ‘regenerative braking.’
It incorporates dynamic features of existing technologies Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras have developed strategies to improve the braking performance of electric vehicles (EVs) that could help make the ride comfortable in heavy commercial vehicles.
The research was led by C.S. Shankar Ram of the Department of Engineering Design and his Ph.D., student V.S. Kesavan. They worked on strategies to incorporate the effect of different dynamic characteristics of “friction brake” and regenerative brake on a vehicle’s braking performance.
The results of their study have been published in Vehicle System Dynamics.
Mr. Shankar Ram said: “Given the increasing adoption of electrified heavy road vehicles, it is imperative to study their dynamic response during on-road operation. Brakes are used to ensure safe operation of vehicles, and this research focuses on the braking of electrified heavy road vehicles.”
IIT Madras researchers develop ultrasound based temperature tracking for treatment monitoring
IIT Madras researchers develop ultrasound based temperature tracking for treatment monitoring
IIT Madras researchers have developed ultrasound-based temperature tracking for treatment monitoring which is non-invasive and portable, this is safer to use as there is no exposure to ionising radiation and is suitable for point-of-care applications.
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UPDATED: January 18, 2021 15:41 IST
Indian Institute of Technology Madras Researchers have developed an Ultrasound-based temperature tracking for Treatment Monitoring. Unlike other imaging modalities, ultrasound combines several advantages such as safety (non-ionizing), real-time capability and portability, among others.
The IIT Madras Research Team was awarded the ‘SITARE - Gandhian Young Technological Innovation (GYTI) Appreciation 2020’ for this project.
December 23, 2020
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The objective is to enhance road safety measures, and increase the survival of road accident survival and reduce its occurrence
The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, will collaborate with the Rajasthan government to help it implement a structured framework for a data-driven system approach to road safety. An MoU for this collaboration was signed recently between the Rajasthan government represented by its Transport Commissioner Ravi Jain and Dean (Industrial Consultancy and Sponsored Research) of IIT Madras Ravindra Gettu.
The objective of this collaboration is to enhance road safety measures, increase capacity and capability across the board in the Government to both increase the survivability of road accident victims and reduce occurrence rate in the State, says arelease from IIT Madras.
India’s unplanned lockdown unleashed fresh hell for its Adivasis The lockdown imposed in March took the general public by surprise and several sections of society were reeling from it for months. The Adivasis and other forest-dwelling communities, which at 104 million individuals make up 8.6% of the population, were particularly hard hit. Since the Adivasi communities live in remote areas, information about the disease was not adequately available, to begin with. These communities who have been marginalised in terms of access to healthcare were badly hit as Covid-19 impacts people with compromised health conditions and low immunity. A complete lockdown, restricted entry to forests and closed markets are all factors that have increased their vulnerability as they depend on the forests for their livelihoods and several other purposes. The absence of government support worsens their position, the writer of the article says.