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Preliminary Design Of Mesoscale Turbocompressor And Rotordynamics Tests Of Rotor Bearing System
(Mechanical Engineering, 2011-10-11)
A mesoscale turbocompressor spinning above 500,000 RPM is evolutionary technology for micro turbochargers, turbo blowers, turbo compressors, micro-gas turbines, auxiliary power units, etc for automotive, aerospace, and ...
Parametric Analysis Of A Detonation-type Turbofan
(Aerospace Engineering, 2012-04-11)
A new type of turbofan which detonates a fuel-air mixture was theoretically found to perform better than a conventional turbofan. A continuous detonation process is described and considered inside the core of the turbofan. ...
Graph Theoretic Framework Based Cooperative Control And Estimation Of Multiple UAVS For Target Tracking
(Mechanical Engineering, 2012-07-25)
Designing the control technique for nonlinear dynamic systems is a significant challenge. Approaches to designing a nonlinear controller are studied and an extensive study on backstepping based technique is performed in ...
Feasibility Study Of T700 Rotorcraft Engine Rotor Supported By Hybrid Air Foil Bearings
(Mechanical Engineering, 2012-04-11)
A potential solution towards light weighted and simple structured turbomachinery lies in elimination of oil-lubrication system. These promising benefits of oil-free turbomachinery have demanded extensive research in the ...
Design Optimization Of A Wind Turbine Blade
(Aerospace Engineering, 2011-07-14)
This work focuses on designing a blade of 45 meters in length that produces a power of 1.6 MW. The design of the blade was done using the Blade Element Momentum theory and the Prandtl's tip loss factor was used. The ...
Vehicle Suspension Optimization For Stochastic Inputs
(Mechanical Engineering, 2012-04-11)
In the present thesis, a simulation based numerical method has been proposed for optimization of vehicle suspension system for stochastic inputs from random road surface profiles. Road surfaces are classified in based upon ...
Buckling Analysis Of Thin Plates With Or Without A Hole Under Arbitrary Boundary Conditions Using The Galerkin Method
(Mechanical Engineering, 2012-04-11)
This thesis demonstrates how to find the critical buckling load value of thin plates with or without a hole under different boundary conditions using the Galerkin method. The use of symbolic software is essential due to ...
Performance Optimization Of Multi-core Processors Using Core Hopping - Thermal and Structural
(Mechanical Engineering, 2011-10-11)
As the work load on the single core processor increases, it's processing speed increases resulting in increased power densities and die temperatures. The increase in die temperature results in decreased performance and ...
Dynamic Performance Of Offset-preloaded Two Pad Foil Bearings
(Mechanical Engineering, 2013-07-22)
Commercial application of the air foil bearing (AFB) in microturbomachinary have been acknowledged. Absence of external pressurizing and lubricating system makes them light and compact. Simple construction, low friction ...
Integrated Modeling Approach For Solid Oxide Fuel Cell-based Power Generating System
(Mechanical Engineering, 2013-07-22)
Solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) systems have been recognized as the most advanced power generation system with the highest thermal efficiency with a compatibility with a wide variety of hydrocarbon fuels, synthetic gas from ...