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Moving Obstacle Detection And Avoidance For Unmanned Ground Vehicle
(Mechanical Engineering, 2014-12)
This thesis presents the development and implementation of an autonomous obstacle avoidance algorithm for UGV (Unmanned Ground Vehicle). The research improves the prior work by enhancing the obstacle avoidance capability ...
Computational Analysis Of Nanostructures Formed In Molten Salt Nanofluids
(Mechanical Engineering, 2014-12)
Meeting the continuously increasing demand of `clean' energy is the biggest challenge of the energy research field. Amongst the many renewable sources of energy, energy from the Sun is one of the biggest sources in the ...
Thermal Design Of Lithium Bromide-water Solution Vapour Absorption Cooling System For Indirect Evaporative Cooling For IT POD
(Mechanical Engineering, 2014-12)
Supervising Professor: Dereje Agonafer Nowadays with increase use of internet, mobile there is increase in heat which ultimately increases the efficient cooling system of server room or IT POD. Use of traditional ...
Modeling And Simulation Of Nanofluid For Heat Storage
(Mechanical Engineering, 2014-12)
This work models the dynamic behavior of molten nitrate salt mixture to investigate the formation of interfacial nanostructures in ionic liquid nano-fluids which is responsible for increase of heat capacity of the mixture. ...
Improving Air Cooling Efficiency Of 2OU High-end Web Server By Using Bigger Rack Level Fans And Controlling Flow Using Bimetallic Strips
(Mechanical Engineering, 2014-12)
Due to the doubling of processing power ever so often, designing an efficient thermal management system for database centers is becoming more and more difficult. Two studies have been done, one on air cooling using bigger ...
Wind Field Estimation And Its Utilization In Trajectory And Input Prediction
(Aerospace Engineering, 2014-12)
This dissertation work develops a method for onboard estimation of wind field with spatial and temporal variation based on local wind vector estimation and/or measurements from multiple aircraft flying in the same airspace. ...
Use Of Nanoparticle Enhanced Phase Change Material (NEPCM) For Data Center Cooling Application
(Mechanical Engineering, 2014-12)
This study attempts to take advantage of nanoparticles with high thermal conductivity and the latent heat capacity of phase change materials together to enhance heat transfer rate. The main difficulty in using PCM for ...
Scaling Laws For Radial Foil Bearings
(Aerospace Engineering, 2014-12)
The effects of fluid pressurization, structural deformation of the compliant members and heat generation in foil bearings make the design and analysis of foil bearings very complicated. The complex fluid-structural-thermal ...
Composite Materials Equivalent Properties In Lamina, Laminate, And Structure Levels
(Mechanical Engineering, 2014-12)
Increasing use of thick composite structures requires a large model for structural analysis. In the analysis, equivalent properties of composites are often used. The equivalent properties of a composite are defined as the ...
Board Level Reliability Assessment Of Thick Fr-4 QFN Assemblies Under Thermal Cycling
(Mechanical Engineering, 2014-12)
Quad Flat No-Lead (QFN) packages gained popularity in the industry during the last decade or so due to its superior thermal/electrical characteristics, low cost and compact size. QFN packages are widely used in handheld ...