• Analysis Of Solar Pumped Chemical Oxygen Iodine Laser 

      Balaji, A (Indian Institute of Science, 2006-10-11)
      Chemical Oxygen Iodine Laser(COIL) is an electronic transition high energy chemical laser having a wavelength of 1.315 /mi. This is the first chemical laser to operate on an electronic rather than a rotational or vibrational ...
    • Analysis Of Solute Transport In Porous Media For Nonreactive And Sorbing Solutes Using Hybrid FCT Model 

      Srinivasan, C (Indian Institute of Science, 2006-07-06)
      The thesis deals with the numerical modeling of nonreactive and nonlinearly sorbing solutes in groundwater and analysis of the effect of heterogeneity resulting from spatial variation of physical and chemical parameters ...
    • Application Of Controlled Random Search Optimization Technique In MMLE With Process Noise 

      Anilkumar, A K (Indian Institute of Science, 2006-08-08)
      Generally in most of the applications of estimation theory using the Method of Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MMLE) to dynamical systems one deals with a situation where only the measurement noise alone is present. However ...
    • Cold Model Study Of Formation And Breaking Of Raceway 

      Sastry, Ghatty S S R K (Indian Institute of Science, 2005-12-22)
      The raceway in the ironmaking blast furnace is a void in front of the hot blast tuyeres where coke and supplementary fuel burn to supply heat to the ironmaking process. The air velocity through the tuyeres is high (around ...
    • Collapse Behaviour Of Red Soils Of Bangalore District 

      Revanasiddappa, K (Indian Institute of Science, 2006-07-17)
      Collapse phenomenon is exhibited by two types of residual soils. The first category of collapsing residual soils is believed to be transported soils that have undergone post-depositional pedogenesis. The second category ...
    • Computational Modelling Of Heat Transfer In Reheat Furnaces 

      Harish, J (Indian Institute of Science, 2006-08-24)
      Furnaces that heat metal parts (blooms) prior to hot-working processes such as rolling or forging are called pre-forming reheat furnaces. In these furnaces, the fundamental idea is to heat the blooms to a prescribed ...
    • Conjunctive And Multipurpose Operation Of Reservoirs Using Genetic Algorithms 

      Seetha Ram, Katakam V (Indian Institute of Science, 2006-07-17)
      Optimal operation of reservoir systems is necessary for better utilizing the limited water resources and to justify the high capital investments associated with reservoir projects. However, finding optimal policies for ...
    • The Effect Of Viscosity On The Erosion Of Gradient- Zone In A Laboratory Solar Pond 

      Pradhan, Sudeep S (Indian Institute of Science, 2006-08-24)
      Double diffusive phenomena occur in many natural systems and in a variety of engineering applications, such as solar ponds. In a solar pond, the erosion of gradient zone due to convection and diffusion is the main cause ...
    • Engineering Behaviour Of Ash-Modified Soils Of Karnataka 

      Muttharam, M (Indian Institute of Science, 2007-02-22)
      During a survey of black cotton soil zones of Karnataka, indigenously stabilized black cotton soil deposits were encountered in Belgaum, Bijapur, Bagalkot and Gadag Districts of Karnataka. These modified black cotton soils ...
    • Experimental And Numerical Studies On Fatigue Crack Growth Of Single And Interacting Multiple Surface Cracks 

      Patel, Surendra Kumar (Indian Institute of Science, 2007-05-01)
      Design based on damage tolerance concepts has become mandatory in high technology structures. These concepts are also essential for evaluating life extension of aged structures which are in service beyond originally ...
    • A High-Resolution Procedure For Euler And Navier-Stokes Computations On Unstructured Grids 

      Jawahar, P (Indian Institute of Science, 2006-07-20)
      A finite-volume procedure, comprising a gradient-reconstruction technique and a multidimensional limiter, has been proposed for upwind algorithms on unstructured grids. The high-resolution strategy, with its inherent ...
    • Implicit Least Squares Kinetic Upwind Method (LSKUM) And Implicit LSKUM Based On Entropy Variables (q-LSKUM) 

      Swarup, A Sri Sakti (Indian Institute of Science, 2006-10-12)
      With increasing demand for computational solutions of fluid dynamical problems, researchers around the world are working on the development of highly robust numerical schemes capable of solving flow problems around complex ...
    • Influence Of Joint Compliance On The Behaviour Of Space Structures 

      Pradyumna, M (Indian Institute of Science, 2007-03-06)
      Space structures are inevitable while covering large spans. Space structures are skeletal structures, which are lighter for the same stiffness when compared with RCC roofs. Till now, space structures, like any other metal ...
    • Low Reynolds Number Airfoil Aerodynamics 

      Srinivasa Murthy, P (Indian Institute of Science, 2006-07-21)
      In this thesis we describe the development of Reynolds- averaged Navier Stokes code for the flow past two- dimensional configuration. Particularly, emphasis has been laid on the study of low Reynolds number airfoil ...
    • Mean Field Study Of Point Defects In B2-NiAl 

      Gururajan, M P (Indian Institute of Science, 2005-12-22)
      Point defects control many properties of technological importance in intermetallic compounds such as atomic diffusion, creep, hardness, mechanical properties and sintering. Farther, since intermetallic compounds are ...
    • Metastable Phases In Mg-Based Alloys 

      Subramaniam, Anandh (Indian Institute of Science, 2005-12-22)
      Mg-based alloys form a variety of interesting structures including stable and metastable crystalline, stable and metastable quasicrystalline, nanocrystalline and amorphous phases. Many of these phases can be made to coexist ...
    • A Methodology To Recover Unstable Aircraft From Post Stall Regimes: Design And Analysis 

      Saraf, Amitabh (Indian Institute of Science, 2006-07-26)
      This thesis deals with high angle of attack behaviour of a generic delta wing model aircraft. A high angle of attack wind tunnel database has been generated for this aircraft and based upon the bifurcation analysis of the ...
    • Numerical Analysis Of Large Size Horizontal Strip Anchors 

      Krishna, Y S R (Indian Institute of Science, 2006-03-23)
      Structures like transmission towers, tele-communication masts, dry-docks, tall chimneys, tunnels and burried pipelines under water etc are subjected to considerable uplift forces. The net effect of external loading on the ...
    • Numerical Modeling Of Jointed Rock Mass 

      Jade, (B) Sridevi (Indian Institute of Science, 2007-02-28)
      The behavior of jointed rock mass is very complex and is influenced by many factors such as location of joints, joint frequency, joint orientation and joint strength. A thorough review of literature on different aspects ...
    • A Numerical Study On Absolute Instability Of Low Density Jets 

      Chakravorty, Saugata (Indian Institute of Science, 2006-07-20)
      A spectacular instability has been observed in low density round jets when the density ratio of jet fluid to ambient fluid falls below a threshold of approximately 0.6. This phenomenon has been observed in non-buoyant jets ...