Browsing Division of Mechanical Sciences by thesis submitted date"2003"
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Analysis Of Squeeze Film Damping In Microdevices
(2012-12-12)There are various energy dissipation mechanisms that affect the dynamic response of microstructures used in MEMS devices. A cumulative effect of such losses is captured by an important characteristic of the structure called ... -
Application of least squares kinetic upwind method to strongly rotating viscous flows
The Least Squares Kinetic Upwind Method (LSKUM) is a node-based method. Ghosh and Deshpande, as well as Ramesh & Deshpande, have demonstrated that LSKUM works on any type of grid—structured, unstructured, Cartesian, Chimera, ... -
Enzymatic synthesis of esters in supercritical fluids
Lipases are enzymes that are widely used to catalyze a variety of industrially important reactions. However, lipase?catalyzed reactions are heterogeneous and mass?transfer limited. Therefore, in most cases the reaction ... -
Modeling of phase inversion phenomenon
Turbulent liquid–liquid dispersions are frequently encountered in the chemical industry in various operations such as liquid–liquid extraction, liquid–liquid reactions, polymerization, and direct contact heat transfer. ... -
Polymerization in supercritical fluids
The chemical industry has become increasingly aware of environmental concerns over the use of volatile and hazardous organic solvents to synthesize commercial polymers. Attractive properties of supercritical fluids make ... -
Studies in hydrodynamic and electrohydrodynamic instabilities of fluid-solid and fluid- fluid interfaces
The study of hydrodynamic and electrohydrodynamic stability is an important branch of fluid mechanics and has applications in various areas of chemical engineering and biophysics. The detailed study of hydrodynamic stability ...