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Data Center Cooling Augmentation Using Micro-encapsulated Phase Change Material
(Mechanical Engineering, 2014-09-17)The ever increasing information technology heat load and data center cooling energy are the main reasons to investigate the performance of microencapsulated phase change slurry over other heat transfer fluids. In recent ... -
Derivation Of The Dynamics Equations For Receiver Aircraft In Aerial Refueling
(Aerospace Engineering, 2008-04-22)This thesis describes the derivation of a new set of nonlinear, 6--DOF equations of motion of a receiver aircraft undergoing an aerial refueling, including the effect of time-varying mass and inertia properties associated ... -
Design And Analysis Of Multi-functional Laparoscopic Tool
(Mechanical Engineering, 2008-04-22)Laparoscopic tools have been developed over many years, but there is a need for a laparoscopic tool that can be used for multiple purposes without the need to be removed and reinserted in the body. This thesis discusses ... -
DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF A 10” CARBON FIBER WHEEL FOR A FORMULA SAE RACECAR
(2017-05-24)Formula SAE is an engineering design competition for students where the goal is to design, build, and compete a Formula-style single seater race vehicle. With a legacy dating back to 1982, UTA Racing has been one of the ... -
Design And Analysis Of A Compression Molded Carbon Composite Wheel Center
(Mechanical Engineering, 2013-07-22)Importance of closed mold and short fibers in the manufacture of carbon composite parts was realized based on a study of existing manufacturing processes for thermoset resins as these can improve production volumes, cost ... -
DESIGN AND CFD ANALYSIS OF A TANK SOLUTION FOR NATURAL CONVECTION BASED SINGLE-PHASE IMMERSION COOLING OF SERVERS
(2021-05-17)The issue of thermal management of data centers is becoming even more challenging with increasing chip power densities. This has been primarily driven by increasing demands in artificial intelligence and machine learning-based ... -
DESIGN AND CFD ANALYSIS OF BIMETALLIC BASED PASSIVE DYNAMIC COLD PLATE FOR HIGH POWER DIRECT-TO-CHIP LIQUID COOLING
(2021-08-18)Rising demand for high-performance chips results in the need for advanced and efficient cooling technologies like direct to chip liquid cooling. Cold plates based utilizing direct liquid cooling is one of the most efficient ... -
Design And CFD Analysis Of The Intake Manifold For The Honda CBR250RR Engine
The scope of this project is to improve reliability issues on a turbocharged Honda CBR250RR engine and boost the performance by redesigning the intake manifold - one of the key components of this engine package. The engine ... -
Design And Control Of A Smart Bed For Pressure Ulcer Prevention
(Mechanical Engineering, 2013-07-22)This work details the design, simulation, and experimental testing of a mechanically actuated smart hospital bed for the prevention of pressure ulcers in hospital patients. The smart hospital bed, or Smartbed, is designed ... -
DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF FLEXIBLE MEMS-BASED pH SENSOR FOR AGRICULTURAL AND BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS
(2018-12-05)The purpose of this study is to demonstrate a novel method of using a flexible MEMS-based pH sensor for agricultural and biomedical applications. The first part of the thesis involves demonstration of the capability of our ... -
Design And Evaluation Of A Chemical Reactor For The Pyrolysis Wood Pellets
(Mechanical Engineering, 2013-07-22)Currently there is interest in converting waste biomass into valuable products, such as fuels and specialty chemicals. However, the product composition, yield, the energy required to run the reaction, and the required ... -
DESIGN AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF HYDROSTATIC THRUST AIR FOIL BEARING
(2018-05-25)Oil-free bearing technology has several advantages over conventional oil-lubricated bearings. These advantages include high-speed operation, reduced weight, and increased reliability. Consequently, oil-free technology is ... -
Design And Implementation Of A Feedback Linearizing Controller And Kalman Filter For A Magnetic Levitation System
(Mechanical Engineering, 2007-08-23)The principal investigation undertaken in this research is the development and subsequent implementation of a feedback linearizing nonlinear controller and extended Kalman filter for a laboratory-based Magnetic Levitation ... -
Design And Modeling Techniques For Cooling Of Telecommunication Systems
(Mechanical Engineering, 2012-04-11)Conventional data centers are extremely large buildings that have complex power distribution and cooling systems. These traditional brick and mortar data centers employ relatively expensive cooling systems and are inefficient. ... -
Design And Multifidelity Analysis Of Dual Mode Scramjet Compression System Using Coupled NPSS And Fluent Simulation
(Aerospace Engineering, 2014-07-14)Hypersonic airbreathing engines provide many potential opportunities for future aerospace applications and immense efforts have been taken in gaining knowledge in them for the past decades .The physical phenomenon occurring ... -
Design and Optimization of Additively Manufactured Heat Sink and Heat Spreader for Microelectronics Cooling
(2019-08-08)High performance cooling is a critical requirement for modern microprocessors that generate large amounts of non-uniformly distributed heat. Metal heat spreaders and heat sinks have been traditionally used for thermal ... -
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 ... -
DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION OF MIXED IONIC-ELECTRONIC CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL FOR USE IN SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL UTILIZING CARBON NANOTUBES
(2018-05-24)Triple phase boundary (TPB) is considered to be an important limiting factor of the fuel cell performance. Triple phase boundary is a geometrical line where the ionic, electronic and gaseous fuel phase of the fuel cell ... -
Design And Optimization Of Under Tray For Formula SAE Race Car Using CFD Analysis
With the advent of inverted wings to produce down-force in Formula-1 during the 1960's, aerodynamics has played a big role in increasing the vehicle performance. An aerodynamics system consists of front, rear wings and an ... -
DESIGN AND PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS OF FLOW CONTROL DEVICE FOR DYNAMIC COLD PLATE TO OPTIMIZE THE TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATIONS OF THE MULTI-CHIP MODULE
(2016-05-10)Continuing trends of increasing microprocessor power densities and non-uniform temperature distribution pose a significant challenge to the data center cooling. The most usual approach to data center cooling is air cooling ...