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A Prestress Based Approach To Rotor whirl
(2010-06-02)
Rotordynamics is an important area in mechanical engineering. Many machines contain rotating parts. It is well known that rotating components can develop large amplitude lateral vibrations near certain speeds called critical ...
A Study Of Four Nonlinear Systems With Parametric Forcing
(2010-06-01)
This thesis considers four nonlinear systems with parametric forcing.
The first problem involves an inverted pendulum with asymmetric elastic restraints subjected to harmonic vertical base excitation. On linearizing ...
Effect Of Mould Filling On Evolution Of Mushy Zone And Macrosegregation During Solidification
(2010-01-01)
The primary focus of the present work is to model the entire casting process from filling stage to complete solidification. The model takes into consideration any phase change taking place during the filling process. An ...
Role Of Solid Phase Movement And Remelting On Macrosegregation And Microstructure Formation In Solidificaiton Processing
(2010-08-25)
Melt convection and solid phase movement play an important role in solidification processes, which significantly influence the formation of grain structures and solute segregations. In general, the melt convection and grain ...
Numerical Study Of Laminar And Turbulent Mixed Convection In Enclosures With Heat Generating Components
(2010-07-29)
The problem of laminar and turbulent conjugate mixed convection flow and heat transfer in shallow enclosures with a series of block-like heat generating components is studied numerically for a Reynolds number range of zero ...
Hydrodynamics Of An Oscillating Foil With A Long Flexible Trailing Edge
(2010-09-24)
In nature, many swimming and flying creatures use the principle of oscillatory lift-based propulsion. Often the flapping element is flexible, totally or partially. The flow dynamics because of a flexible flap is thus of ...
New Solution Methods For Fractional Order Systems
(2010-09-24)
This thesis deals with developing Galerkin based solution strategies for several important classes of differential equations involving derivatives and integrals of various fractional orders. Fractional order calculus finds ...
Topology Optimization Of Composite Heat-Sinks Involving Phase-Change Material
(2010-08-16)
The principal goal of this thesis is to develop a systematic method for the design of composite heat sinks (CHSs) that serve as passive and transient cooling devices for microelectronics. This is accomplished by posing the ...
Numerical Simulations Of Void Growth In Ductile Single Crystals
(2010-09-03)
The failure mechanism in ductile materials involves void nucleation, their growth and subsequent coalescence to form the fracture surface. The voids are generated due to fracture or debonding of second phase particles or ...
Sedimentation Of Heavy Particles In Turbulence
(2010-08-06)
Behavior of particles in buoyancy driven turbulent flow at Ra ≈ 10º is investigated experimentally. The volume fraction of the particles is low enough for the inter particle influence to be neglected, the mass loading ...