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Advanced Numerical Approaches for Analysis of Vehicle Ride Comfort, Wheel Bearings and Steering Control
(2018-06-23)Suspension systems and wheels play a critical role in vehicle dynamics performance of a car in areas such as ride comfort and handling. Lumped parameter models (LPMs) are commonly used for assessing the performance of ... -
Advanced Optimal Control Design for Nonlinear Systems including Impulsive Inputs with Applications to Automatic Cancer Treatment
(2018-08-14)The motivation of this research is to propose innovative nonlinear and optimal control design algorithms, which can be used in real life. The algorithms need to be computationally efficient, should deal with control ... -
Advanced Optimal Spacecraft Guidance For Terminal Phase Rendezvous and Docking
There have been growing interest in Rendezvous and Docking (RVD) missions for on-orbit refueling, on-orbit servicing, orbital debris removal, etc. A very important requirement in RVD missions is soft-docking at the terminal ... -
Advanced Simulation Methodologies For Crashworthiness And Occupant Safety Assessment Of An Indian Railways Passenger Coach
(2013-05-21)Accidents involving passenger trains happen regularly in India. The reasons for such accidents could be many; such as weather and flooding, faulty tracks, bridge collapse, collisions caused by signaling errors, mechanical ... -
An Advanced Study on Jute-Polyester Composites for Mechanical Design and Impact Safety Applications
(2018-05-14)Natural fiber-reinforced composites are now finding extensive uses in various fields from household articles to automobiles. These composites can score high compared to common synthetic fiber-based composites, notably glass ... -
Advancements in Nucleic Acid Lateral Flow Assay
In recent decades, the demand for rapid and precise nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) has grown significantly, driven by the need to address pandemics like COVID-19 and diagnose infectious diseases such as ... -
An advection velocity correction scheme for interface tracking using the level-set method
An advection velocity correction (AVC) scheme for interface tracking using the level-set method is presented in this thesis. The key idea is to apply a correction to the interface advection velocity at points adjacent ... -
Aerodynamic Analysis Of Grid Fins Using Analytical And Computational Methods
(2009-07-16)Grid fins (lattice fins) are used as a lifting and control surface for highly manoeuvrable missiles. Grid fins also find their applications for air-launched submunitions. The main advantages are its low hinge moment ... -
Aerodynamics of Nose Mounted Propeller Aircraft
The thesis deals with the aerodynamic analysis of a nose-mounted propeller aircraft using the flow solver HiFUN. Unsteady RANS simulations using sliding mesh technology is performed on aircraft with the propeller. The study ... -
Aeroelastic Analysis And Optimization Of Composite Helicopter Rotor With Uncertain Material Properties
(2011-04-06)Incorporating uncertainties in the aeroelastic analysis increases the confidence levels of computational predictions and reduces the need for validation with experimental or flight test data. Helicopter rotor blades, which ... -
Aeroelasticity of Flapping Wings towards Micro Air Vehicle Applications
Studies have revealed that insect like flapping flight can serve as a benchmark in designing Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAV) owing to its power efficiency and high maneuverability. Primarily envisioned as agents facilitating ... -
Aerosol Absorption And Source Characteristics Over Different Environments
(2010-11-02)Extremely fine liquid droplets or solid particles, those remain suspended in the air, are known as aerosols. They are produced by natural sources and anthropogenic activities. Several types of aerosols produced by different ... -
Aggregate and Disaggregate-level Models of Public Transit Ridership in Bengaluru, India
Ridership forecasting models are valuable tools for public transit agencies to assess and quantify the possible impacts of their operational strategies and service improvements on transit demand and revenue. Although ... -
Air-Assited Atomization Strategies For High Viscosity Fuels
(2016-02-25)Atomization of fuel is an important pre-requisite for efficient combustion in devices such as gas turbines, liquid propellant rocket engines, internal combustion engines and incinerators. The overall objective of the present ... -
Air-Sea Flux Measurements Over The Bay Of Bengal During A Summer Monsoon
(2009-03-19)Majority of the rain producing monsoon systems in India form or intensify over the Bay of Bengal and move onto the land. We expect the air-sea interaction to be a crucial factor in the frequent genesis and intensification ... -
ALE-based Monolithic Finite Element Strategies for Fluid Structure Interaction Problems
Fluid-structure interactions (FSI) represent a class of engineering problems which involve a two-way coupling between the solid motion and the fluid flow. The deformation of the solid caused by the fluid forces at the ... -
Algal Bioprocess Development for Sustainable Wastewater Treatment and Biofuel Production
(2017-11-24)Rapid urbanization has led to the generation of enormous wastewater after independence. The domestic wastewater generated in municipalities is rich in nutrients such as carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus along with other ions. ... -
Algiculture - A Novel Algae Cultivation Technique for Sustinable Algal Biofuel Production and Capture of Green House Gases
Algal biofuel has been shown to have great potential to solve the World’s sustainable energy crisis but technologies for large-scale cultivation are still elusive. While photobioreactors meet very high value algal products ...