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Cyclic Pursuit : Variants and Applications
(2018-02-11)
The classical n-bugs problem has attracted considerable attention from researchers. This problem stems from the study of movement of a group of animals. In the context of multi- agent systems the problem has been modelled ...
Large Eddy Simulation of Multiphase Flows
(2018-06-05)
Multiphase flows are a common phenomenon. Rains, sediment transport in rivers, snow and dust storms, mud slides and avalanches are examples of multiphase flows occurring in nature. Blood flow is an example of multiphase flow ...
Edge Effect of Semi-Infinite Rectangular Posts on Impacting Drops
(2018-05-30)
The inhibiting effect of a sharp edge on liquid spreading is well observed during drop interaction with textured surfaces. On groove-textured solid surfaces comprising unidirectional parallel grooves, the edge effect of ...
A Design Procedure for Flapping Wings Comprising Piezoelectric Actuators, Driver Circuit, and a Compliant Mechanism
(2018-06-05)
Flapping-wing micro air vehicle (MAV) is an emerging micro-robotic technology, which has several challenges toward its practical implementation. Inspired by insect flight, researchers have adopted bio-mimicking approach ...
Time-Optimal Guidance for Impact Angle Constrained Interception of Moving Targets
(2018-05-30)
Various unmanned missions deploy vehicles such as missiles, torpedoes, ground robots, and unmanned aerial vehicles. Guidance strategies for these vehicles aim to intercept a target point and satisfy additional objectives ...
A Numerical Study of Changes to Flow Organization and their Prognostic Measures
(2018-05-23)
Flow induced self-oscillations cause acoustic pressure oscillations of large amplitude in pipe flows. If Reynolds number is treated as a parameter, these floinduced oscillations occur only at discrete and critical values ...
Studies on Vortex Breakdown in a Closed Cylinder with a Rotating Endwall
(2018-01-09)
Swirling flows abound in nature and numerous engineering applications. Under conditions which are not completely understood, the swirling cores could undergo a sudden enlargement of their vortex core, leading to a ’vortex ...
A Study on the Effect of Inhomogeneous Phase of Shape Memory Alloy Wire
(2018-05-25)
The present study in this thesis has attempted to resolve one of the key aspects of enhancing predictability of macroscopic behavior of Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) wire by considering variation of local phase inhomogeneity. ...
Mechanical Characterization of Carbon Nanotubes and Nanocomposites
(2018-08-14)
Measurement of all the mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes is extremely difficult because of its small size. In the present work, all the five transverse isotropic properties of single wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) ...
Investigations on Supersonic Flow in Miniature Shock Tubes
(2018-08-02)
The emerging paradigms of shockwave research have opened up new horizons for interdisciplinary applications. This has inevitably driven research towards studying the propagation of shockwaves in miniature shock tubes (tube ...