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Effect Of Pullout And Torsional Strength Of Composites With Co-molded Thread Inserts
(Mechanical Engineering, 2009-09-16)
Rotorcraft transmission housings and drive system components are typically made from cast metals due to their highly complex geometries. Utilizing composite materials offers potential to reduce weigh and manufacturing cost ...
Electromagnetic Flow Control: A Review And Experimental Development And Testing Of A Compact Actuator
(Aerospace Engineering, 2009-09-16)
This thesis is divided into two sections which both relate to the field of magnetohydrodynamics and particularly electromagnetic flow control (EMFC). The first section contains a review of recent research in EMFC. The ...
Improving Receiver Station-keeping In Aerial Refueling By Formulating Tanker Motion As Disturbance
(Aerospace Engineering, 2010-03-03)
During aerial refueling operations, the receiver aircraft should hold position within a “refueling box” to maintain the boom-receptacle connection while the tanker aircraft flies in a racetrack maneuver. Prior research ...
A Micromechanics Model Of Thermal Expansion Coefficient In Fiber Reinforced Composites
(Aerospace Engineering, 2011-03-03)
Fiber reinforced composites are widely used for the various applications in the aerospace, automotive, infrastructures and sporting goods industries. The evaluations of its mechanical and thermal properties are needed for ...
Experimental Investigation Of Thermal Behaviour Of Air Foil Bearings
(Mechanical Engineering, 2011-03-03)
Micro-turbo machinery demands gas bearings to ensure compactness, lightweight and extreme temperature operation. Gas bearings with large stiffness and damping, and preferably of low cost, will enable successful commercial ...
Modeling And Simulation Of The Flight Dynamics Of Morphing Wing Aircraft
(Aerospace Engineering, 2010-03-03)
Aircraft with variable wing geometry (morphable wings) are of considerable interest, not only for mission-specific optimization, but for enhanced maneuverability as well. In the nascent field of mini- or micro-Unmanned ...
Visualizing The Flow Induced By An Air Curtain Over A Mannequin Using Stereo Particle Image Velocimetry
(Mechanical Engineering, 2009-09-16)
Air curtains find widespread applications in today's world, such as in malls, supermarkets, airports, cold storage, etc., to allow easy pedestrian movement between two different environments. There is interest in understanding ...
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 ...