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Structural Analysis At Aircraft Conceptual Design Stage
(Aerospace Engineering, 2014-03-12)
In the past 50 years, computers have helped by augmenting human efforts with tremendous pace. The aircraft industry is not an exception. Aircraft industry is more than ever dependent on computing because of a high level ...
Development Of A Conceptual Design Weight Estimation Method Library And Documentation
(Aerospace Engineering, 2014-07-14)
The state of the art in estimating the volumetric size and mass of flight vehicles is held today by an elite group of engineers in the Aerospace Conceptual Design Industry. This is not a skill readily accessible or taught ...
Large Scale Finite Element Analysis Using GPU Parallel Computing
(Mechanical Engineering, 2014-03-10)
In the past years, graphic processing units have become a new abundant parallelcomputing resource on personal computers. In this work parallel computation ofa typical case in nite element analysis for solids has been ...
Improving Cooling Efficiency Of Servers By Replacing Smaller Chassis Enclosed Fans With Larger Rack-mount Fans
(Mechanical Engineering, 2014-03-12)
As a common practice in the data center industry, chassis fans are used to direct air flow independent from neighboring servers. However, these fans are less efficient compared to larger rack level counterparts and also ...
Influence Of Variation In CPU Utilization On The Rack Level Fan Configuration As A Cooling Technique For High End Servers
(Mechanical Engineering, 2014-07-14)
The data center industry has experienced significant growth over the past decade with the introduction and explosion of online banking, social networking and entertainment services. As a result, power consumption of such ...
Experimental Testbed For Robot Skin Characterization And Interaction Control
(Mechanical Engineering, 2014-07-14)
This thesis presents the research and work we conducted with an experimental testbed designed for testing and characterizing various types of robot skin with tactile sensing. The main goal of this research is to develop ...
Evaluating Heat Sink Performance In An Immersion-cooled Server System
(Mechanical Engineering, 2014-09-17)
As operating power within server systems continues to increase in support of increased data usage across networks worldwide, it is necessary to explore options outside of traditional air-cooled systems. In this study, a ...
A One Dimensional Dry Friction Microconveyor Platform: Modelling And Analysis Of Micropart Motion Due To Surface Excitation
(Mechanical Engineering, 2014-03-10)
Many approaches are used for micropart manipulation ranging from individual pick and place to manipulation through a workcell comprising of arrays of actuators. Existing approaches provide discrete actuation and have ...
Optimal Design Of Beams
(Aerospace Engineering, 2014-03-12)
Beams are basic structural components that are capable of withstanding load primarily by resisting bending. Unlike Euler-Bernoulli beams, Timoshenko beams undergo both shear deformation and rotational effects, making it ...
Investigation Of Wetting States On Microstructures After Liquid Drops Contact Groove Base
(Mechanical Engineering, 2014-09-17)
Wetting properties of roughness surfaces have attracted a considerable attention because of both the scientific insight and the practical applications. One of the most intriguing topics of wetting is the so-called Cassie-Baxter ...