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Structural Optimization Using Femlab And Smooth Support Vector Regression
(Mechanical Engineering, 2007-08-23)
In recent years support vector machine (SVM) has been emerging as a popular tool for function approximation. Application of SVM for approximation of mathematical functions and complex engineering analysis has been represented ...
The Lattice Boltzmann Method For Computational Fluid Dynamics Applications
(Aerospace Engineering, 2008-09-17)
An analysis of lattice Boltzmann method is presented in this thesis. This analysis contrast with the traditional lattice Boltzmann work, where complex fluids are considered with extended properties. Focus of the current ...
Development Of A Quantum Dot Mediated Thermometry For Minimally Invasive Thermal Therapy
(Mechanical Engineering, 2009-09-16)
Thermally-related, minimally invasive therapies are designed to treat tumors while minimizing damage to the surrounding tissues. Adjacent tissues become susceptible to thermal injury to ensure the cancer is completely ...
Spacecraft Formation Flight: Analysis Of The Perturbed J2-modified Hill-Clohessy-Wiltshire Equations
(Aerospace Engineering, 2007-08-23)
With the recent technological gains made in satellite design and manufacturing, there has been great interest in utilizing a cluster of satellites to perform the same tasks performed by larger satellites. Historically, ...
Thermo-mechanical Interaction Within Engineered Tissue During Freezing
(Mechanical Engineering, 2009-09-16)
Cryopreservation is the preserving of biological tissues at sub zero temperature. There are many useful applications to cryopreservation such as storing donated organs till they are needed rather than letting them go to ...
Development Of Spectral And Wavelet Time-of-flight Methods For Propagating Shock And Detonation Waves
(Aerospace Engineering, 2009-09-16)
An accurate time delay estimate for a propagating disturbance, including an estimate of its uncertainty, is important in many areas of science. Several techniques were developed for determining the propagation time of a ...
An Analytical And Numerical Model For Design Of Non- Uniformly Powered Silicon Chips Based On Both Thermal And Device Clock Performance
(Mechanical Engineering, 2008-04-22)
Silicon chips continue to grow in capabilities, complexity and performance. Silicon chips typically integrate functional components such as logic and level two (L2) cache memory in their architecture. This functional ...
An Experimental Investigation Of Ionization Of Supersonic Air By A Corona Discharge
(Aerospace Engineering, 2007-08-23)
A technique is developed to ionize supersonic air flow in a shock tube by a weak corona discharge. The driven section of the tube is open to the atmosphere. The shock propagates in the driven section at about 1 km/s by ...
Design And Optimization Of Heat Spreaders And Selection Of Fan In Laptop
(Mechanical Engineering, 2007-08-23)
Technical advancements lead to the need for faster processors and reduced sizes in electronic systems. The urge for faster and compact systems leads to two major problems. Firstly over heating of chips which degrade the ...
Effect Of CRAC Location On A Fixed Rack Layout Of A Data Center
(Mechanical Engineering, 2007-08-23)
Microprocessor driven escalation of thermal management needs has resulted in significant cooling challenges at the data center facility level, which can house thousands and tens of thousands of heat producing processors. ...