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On the Stability of Certain Riemannian Functionals
(2018-03-06)Given a compact smooth manifold Mn without boundary and n ≥ 3, the Lp-norm of the curvature tensor, defines a Riemannian functional on the space of Riemannian metrics with unit volume M1. Consider ... -
On the Structure and Propagation of Premixed Flames in Turbulence
Turbulence interacts with flames over a multitude of lengthscales and timescales. These interactions are nonlinear and are ubiquitous, for example, in propulsion engines operating in space, air, land, and sea. ... -
On The Structure of Proper Holomorphic Mappings
(2017-09-28)The aim of this dissertation is to give explicit descriptions of the set of proper holomorphic mappings between two complex manifolds with reasonable restrictions on the domain and target spaces. Without any restrictions, ... -
On The Theory of burning of monopropellant droplets
This thesis is concerned with theoretical investigations on some aspects of monopropellant droplet combustion. The burning characteristics have been obtained by solving the governing differential equations which are ... -
On the Tradeoff Of Average Delay, Average Service Cost, and Average Utility for Single Server Queues with Monotone Policies
(2018-04-23)In this thesis, we study the tradeoff of average delay with average service cost and average utility for both continuous time and discrete time single server queueing models without and with admission control. The continuous ... -
On Three Dimensional High Lift Flow Computations
(2018-02-18)Computing 3D high lift flows has been a challenge to the CFD community because of three important reasons: complex physics, complex geometries and large computational requirements. In the recent years, considerable progress ... -
On Topological Approaches for Planning of Electro-Mechanical Assemblies
Assembly planning pertains to the process of creating a complete plan for fabricating the product from its constituent parts, considering the final product geometry and resources available at the manufacturing facility. ... -
On Trait Evolution in a Heterogeneous Environment: Oviposition Site Selection in a Mosquito in Response to Multiple Risk Factors
A focus in evolutionary biology is to understand the drivers of diversity in animal behavioural traits in the living world. Animals facing similar problems in the environment, such as the problem of how much to invest in ... -
On two complex Hessian equations and convergence of corresponding flows
This thesis consists of three parts. Two important complex Hessian equations are studied on certain compact K\"ahler manifolds from different perspectives. The first one is the {\em J-equation} introduced independently by ... -
On understanding the role of V addition in design and development of high specific strength γ'(L12)-strengthened Co-base superalloys
Ni-based superalloys with excellent mechanical, thermal and oxidation resistance properties have great demand in energy applications. Over the time, varied compositions of Ni-based superalloys have been utilized for the ... -
On Viscous Flux Discretization Procedures For Finite Volume And Meshless Solvers
(2009-04-29)This work deals with discretizing viscous fluxes in the context of unstructured data based finite volume and meshless solvers, two competing methodologies for simulating viscous flows past complex industrial geometries. ... -
On-board Failure Diagnostics and Failure Prediction of High Power White Light Emitting Diodes Used in Safety Critical Applications
Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) have become a focus of global lighting community owing to their long service life, low energy consumption and environmental friendliness. The ever-increasing use of LEDs in many applications ... -
On-Chip Memory Architecture Exploration Of Embedded System On Chip
(2010-07-14)Today’s feature-rich multimedia products require embedded system solution with complex System-on-Chip (SoC) to meet market expectations of high performance at low cost and lower energy consumption. SoCs are complex designs ... -
On-Chip Optical Sensing Platforms
Sensing has become an important field of research because of its wide variety of applications, such as; chemical sensing, biomedical diagnostics, environmental gas monitoring and oil quality monitoring. This has spurred ... -
On-Chip Photonics for Spectroscopy and Sensing
On-chip photonics for spectroscopy and sensing refers to the integration of photonic components and devices onto a single semiconductor chip to enable efficient and compact spectroscopic and sensing applications. Traditional ... -
On-Line tamil characater recognition using neural networks
In this thesis, we design a neural network-based online Tamil character recognition system. The thesis focuses on the following areas: Character representation, Neural network architecture, and Training algorithms for ... -
Onboard Propellant Gauging For Spacecraft
(2009-08-04)Estimation of the total mission life of a spacecraft is an important issue for the communication satellite industries. For accurate determination of the remaining mission life of the satellite it is essential to estimate ... -
One Dimensional Transport And Prospects Of Structural Transitions In Ultrathin Metallic Wires
(2013-02-25)This thesis reports transport in ultrathin single crystalline nanowires of gold (∼ 2nm). These nanowires were fabricated using an oriented attachment process whereby nanoparticles of appropriate dimensions join in a linear ... -
One To Mant And Many To Many Collective Communication Operations On Grids
(2008-01-16)Collective Communication Operations are widely used in MPI applications and play an important role in their performance. Hence, various projects have focused on optimization of collective communications for various kinds ... -
One-domain simulation of fluid flow and heat transfer in the conjugate porous-clear media
In this thesis, based on generalized porous flow model, we present a one-domain framework for the simulation of incompressible flow in superposed clear and porous media. The continuous change in the characteristics of the ...