Division of Mechanical Sciences
Recent Submissions
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Quantification of irrigation and crop water productivity using soil moisture dynamics
Estimating water budgets in agricultural fields is key to evaluating and improving water management. However, quantifying hydrological components remains a challenge, especially estimation of irrigation quantities and ... -
Simulating Natural Human Performance in Digital Human Model
Digital human models (DHMs) represent humans in a virtual environment and are widely used across various fields. In engineering design, DHMs are employed to analyze products or workplace ergonomically during the early ... -
Energy Loss in Elastic Plastic Low Velocity Impacrt In Presence of Electric Field
Impact phenomena are prevalent in various fields, including the impact between celestial bodies, particle dampers, sports mechanics, and granular media. Impacts between bodies often exhibit inelastic behaviour due to ... -
Development of Scalable UAV Swarm-based Cooperative Search and Mitigation Approaches for Wildfire Management
Climate change has significantly exacerbated wildfire seasons, increasing their frequency, duration, and scale of destruction. Globally, wildfires destroy approximately 400 million hectares of land annually, resulting in ... -
Intersection Planning in Multilane Aerial Corridors for UAVs
Humans have always been on a quest to improve the means of transportation. The evolution will inevitably lead towards autonomy in the operations of aerial and ground vehicles. As for the Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), ... -
Inverse design of porous structures using deep learning methods for targeted physical properties
Porous structures have garnered significant attention in various fields of mechanical engineering due to their unique properties and wide range of applications, particularly in thermal, fluid, and structural domains. ... -
Experimental investigation into the effect of transverse acoustic excitation over swirling flow and flame
Combustion in gas turbine combustors features complex coupling of fluid dynamics, heat release, and chamber acoustics. Most combustion systems have a tendency to self-excite large amplitudes of pressure and heat release ... -
Modelling Drop Size Distribution Evolution in Dispersion Devices through Multiple Breakup Modes
Emulsions are dispersions of one immiscible liquid within another as tiny droplets. Emulsions are crucial across various industries, including food, pharmaceuticals, petroleum, and cosmetics. The emulsification process is ... -
New Approaches to Estimate Probable Maximum Precipitation Under Stationary and Non-Stationary Climate
Probable maximum precipitation (PMP) estimation has significance, as floods triggered by PMP are widely used for risk analysis of critical infrastructures (e.g., large dams and nuclear power plants), whose failure could ... -
Control of Alternating Flow Phenomena in Transonic Shock Wave Boundary Layer Interactions Over Payload Region of a Generic Launch Vehicle Model
During the transonic phase of a launch vehicle’s ascent, aerodynamic loads peak due to high freestream dynamic pressure and angle of attack. In addition to steady loads, significant pressure fluctuations arise from Shock ... -
Towards Data-constrained Data-driven Digital Twin for Design and Manufacturing
Full-text embargo up to 17/4/2026 This thesis addresses the issue of data availability in building data-driven models for digital twins in manufacturing and design. Digital twins enable the transition of computer models ... -
Design, Simulation, Microfabrication and Characterization of a 16 MHz 1D-pMUT-Array
Ultrasound transducers are being used in a variety of biomedical applications. Conventional ultrasound transducers used currently for medical imaging are quite bulky, these transducers also consume considerable amounts of ... -
Identifying and Disentangling Different Sources of Variability in Travel Choice Models
Random utility maximization (RUM)-based discrete choice models are widely used for analyzing individual choice behaviour across diverse fields, including transportation, economics, market research, healthcare, and environmental ... -
Assimilation of near-surface soil temperature and soil moisture in an unsaturated flow model: State and parameter estimation using synthetic and field experiments
Soil moisture is a key variable governing land surface hydrology, agricultural productivity, and climate dynamics, influencing crucial processes such as evapotranspiration, infiltration, and surface runoff. Accurate ... -
Insights on the Evaporation and Precipitation of Pathogen-Laden Respiratory Droplets on Inanimate Surfaces
Disease transmission via fluid ejections from infected individuals is a critical public health concern, particularly in high-risk environments like hospitals, public transport, restaurants, and schools. Respiratory droplets ... -
Application of Finite Element Limit Analysis and Other Means to Deal with Problems Involving Foundations and Excavations
The finite elements limit analysis (FELA) is an important tool to solve any stability problem in geomechanics. This method provides lower and upper bounds on the true solution for a material following an associated flow ... -
Investigation of Consolidation Methods for Developing Load-bearing Structures from Lunar and Martian Regolith Simulants
Lunar and martian surfaces provide ideal candidates for establishing extra-terrestrial human settlements, given their proximity to the earth and potential for harbouring water. Significant recent research has focused on ... -
Evolution of oxide layers in heat-treated and deformed CMSX-4 superalloy in different atmospheres at 900oC
Superalloys are special class of high temperature alloys that are used for making components in gas-turbine engines, catalytic reactors which are exposed to highly corrosive atmospheres. These alloys have exceptional ... -
Studies on Fluid-Structure Interactions in Hypersonic Flow
Fluid-structure interaction (FSI) represents a critical area of research in aerospace engineering, particularly in the hypersonic flows where aerodynamic and thermal loads significantly impact structural integrity and ... -
Liquefaction response of the sand reinforced with 3D printed geocells
Geocells are one of the most widely used geosynthetics, owing to their three-dimensional interconnected cellular structure that allows immediate support to heavy loads and provides high lateral confinement and wider ...
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